Masters+and+Slaves

=North Carolina was a slave state, but compared to other places in the South, slavery did not seem as dominant. During the first half of the ninteenth century, in any given year, about one in four North Carolina families owned slaves.=



=Slavery in North Carolina=




 * North Carolina Population, 1830-1860 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Year || White || Slave || Total ||  ||   ||
 * 1830 || 492,386 || 245,601 || 737,987 ||  ||   ||
 * 1840 || 507,602 || 245,817 || 753,419 ||  ||   ||
 * 1850 || 580,491 || 288,548 || 869,039 ||  ||   ||
 * 1860 || 661,563 || 331,059 || 992,662 ||  ||   ||