In 1860 there were 4.440.000 negroes. slave and free. in the United States. in 1870. 4.480.000. in 1880. 6.580.000. The increase from 1860 to 1870 was 40.000. and from 1870 to 1880 it was 2.100.000. an increase which I may say. in passing. I believe can only be accounted for upon the theory of a deliberate. premeditated. and intentional fraud upon the census. This would make an increase for the last decade of 35 per cent.. while the entire population of the country increased not quite 30 per cent. in that interval. immigration included. In Louisiana the increase was 119.000. while the whites increased but 92.000. In Georgia the increase was 178.000 whites and 180.000 blacks.
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