The Freed Slaves — The Philadelphia North American submits a carefully prepared estimate of the number of slaves thus far set free by the administration, or by the events of the war:
Mississippi, 156, 540/ Alabama 145, 023/ Arkansas 74, 074/Virginia 163,639/South Carolina 67,66/North Carolina 55,176/Lousiana 201,150/Tennessee, 183,912/ Delaware, 592/ Maryland, 88, 188/Missouri, 114, 965/Texas 30,427/Kentucky 75,163/Georgia, 154,966/ District of Columbia, 3,185/Indian Territory, 7,185/Utah and Nebraska, 44/
AGGREGATE 1, 888, 600
(Liberator, Oct 7, 1864, pg 3)
