Sunday, April 22, 2018

The Salem Enslaved Population


The 18th century Moravians purchased 100,000 acres of land in North Carolina and named it the Wachovia.  

By 1800 Blacks numbered about 10% of the workforce in Wachovia.  

By 1860 Black people, both enslaved and free, comprised 22% of the Salem, NC, population.

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