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Address to the Non-Slaveholders of the South

Lewis Tappan

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. . .Maryland is nearly double the [pg 8] size of Massachusetts. In the last there are 98.8 free inhabitants to the square mile; in the former only 27.2.

If we turn to the new States, we find that slavery and freedom have the same influence on population as in the old. Take, for instance, Michigan and Arkansas. They came into the Union about the same time—

In 1830, the population of Arkansas was 30,388 In 1840, " " 97,574 In 1830, " Michigan, 31,639 In 1840, " " 212,267

The ratio of increase of white inhabitants, for the last ten years, has been in Arkansas as 200 per cent; in Michigan, 574 per cent. In both instances the increase has been chiefly owing to immigration; but the ratio shows the influence of slavery in retarding immigration. Compare also Alabama and Illinois—

In 1830, the free population of Alabama, was 1. . . Read More