. The American anti-slavery almanac, for ... : calculated for Boston, New York, and Pittsburgh ... mile. The next column shows that theslaves in 1830 exceeded the whites in two states. A later census shows an excessof 20,000 in Mississippi. The next two columns contrast the present apportionment of representatives with what it would be, if the present number were apporioned on the basis of the free population only, by which we may see how largea part of our own just eights in the U. S. H. R. we have given to slavery. Thecontrast between the two columns is increased by the fact that the Represe
. The American anti-slavery almanac, for ... : calculated for Boston, New York, and Pittsburgh ... mile. The next column shows that theslaves in 1830 exceeded the whites in two states. A later census shows an excessof 20,000 in Mississippi. The next two columns contrast the present apportionment of representatives with what it would be, if the present number were apporioned on the basis of the free population only, by which we may see how largea part of our own just eights in the U. S. H. R. we have given to slavery. Thecontrast between the two columns is increased by the fact that the Representatinumber (47,700) fixed bv Cong, in 183J. left 263,000 free persons at the north un-represented. Of these Vt. has 42,157, Ms. 38,000, N. J. 33,000, Ohio 31,000, &eIf 42,750 free persons sent, one lepresonativr, the total (242) would be the same,and the fractions less. The estimate for 1840, is probably noi very far from thetruth. Wherever a census has been taken since 1830, it has, (excei>t in N. Y.)shown a more rapid increase, both of slaves and free persons, than from 1820 to 1830,. $30 A PEEP AT SLAVERY. [. A JAIL PREFERRED TO slavery. The tender care and protection of the master elicit an affectionate attachment from the slave, which will be looked for in vain from the hiroil servant of a more northern clime.—Charleston Courier. REWARD — Ranaway a negro man named JOHNSON : he hasa GOOD MANY MARKS of the WHIP on his back: he wasconfined in jail last summer ; lav once in jail six months, within ten miles of hisnaster, but would not tell his name. CORNELIUS D. TOBIN. [Mobile Morning Chronicle, June 8, 1838.] II. Hard TO catch. A circle of relatives famous for affectionate will be paid by the subscriber to whoever will put in jail, HER negro woman MILLY. She is an old hand at running away, and tolerably hard tocatch, being once concealed 9 months in this Borough, and atanother time one year. She is wife to one Daniel Murray, hasnumerous relations abo
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