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Escaped Slaves Stats

Daily True Delta, Jan. 12, 1861.

In the year 1850 the total number of escaped slaves was 1,011 in the United States.

By 1861, the New York Times believed the number had increased per year to about 1500 average or 50% per year since 1850. That would make the total between 10,000 and 12,000 in ten years.

This confirms some contempory estimations of the capacity of the underground railroad and other escape routes.
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David Upton

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