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Table Bb209-214 - Slave prices, value of the slave stock, and annual estimates of the slave population: 1800-1862

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  Slave prices Value of the slave stock Slave population
  Prime male field hands, New Orleans Average slave
Phillips Engerman Kotlikoff
Row Year Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Million Dollars Number
1 1800 520 ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
2 1801 560 ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
3 1802 600 ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
4 1803 600 ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
5 1804 600 700 ---- 308 ---- 1,002,545
6 1805 600 504 ---- 222 291 1,031,796
7 1806 600 719 ---- 317 292 1,061,901
8 1807 600 647 ---- 286 351 1,092,883
9 1808 640 813 ---- 360 344 1,124,770
10 1809 780 615 ---- 272 351 1,157,587
11 1810 900 624 ---- 277 316 1,191,362
12 1811 860 555 ---- 246 330 1,222,181
13 1812 680 643 ---- 286 341 1,253,798
14 1813 600 638 ---- 284 377 1,286,232
15 1814 650 694 ---- 309 381 1,319,506
16 1815 765 610 ---- 272 414 1,353,640
17 1816 880 753 ---- 337 468 1,388,657
18 1817 1,000 900 ---- 403 578 1,424,580
19 1818 1,050 1,065 ---- 477 627 1,461,433
20 1819 1,100 908 ---- 407 638 1,499,238
21 1820 970 875 875 393 610 1,538,022
22 1821 810 864 762 389 566 1,579,666
23 1822 700 650 579 294 536 1,622,437
24 1823 670 683 618 309 488 1,666,367
25 1824 700 606 498 275 491 1,711,485
26 1825 800 608 603 277 481 1,757,826
27 1826 840 588 587 268 477 1,805,421
28 1827 770 542 568 248 476 1,854,305
29 1828 770 551 479 253 497 1,904,513
30 1829 770 611 596 281 526 1,956,080
31 1830 810 591 579 273 577 2,009,043
32 1831 860 663 652 308 623 2,052,410
33 1832 900 707 701 330 697 2,096,713
34 1833 960 765 797 359 762 2,141,972
35 1834 1,000 800 714 378 847 2,188,208
36 1835 1,150 893 881 424 1,005 2,235,442
37 1836 1,250 1,146 1,069 547 1,222 2,283,696
38 1837 1,300 1,322 1,263 634 1,295 2,332,992
39 1838 1,220 1,002 897 484 1,237 2,383,351
40 1839 1,240 906 823 440 1,056 2,434,798
41 1840 1,020 773 800 377 997 2,487,355
42 1841 870 788 746 385 915 2,551,159
43 1842 750 640 608 314 853 2,616,599
44 1843 700 569 547 280 778 2,683,718
45 1844 700 561 547 276 823 2,752,559
46 1845 700 692 608 342 918 2,823,166
47 1846 750 723 709 358 1,044 2,895,583
48 1847 850 771 656 382 1,141 2,969,859
49 1848 950 830 797 413 1,200 3,046,039
50 1849 1,030 776 680 387 1,225 3,124,174
51 1850 1,100 756 697 377 1,286 3,204,313
52 1851 1,150 878 831 440 1,405 3,272,371
53 1852 1,200 937 878 471 1,644 3,341,873
54 1853 1,250 1,122 1,048 565 1,862 3,412,853
55 1854 1,310 1,189 1,130 601 2,052 3,485,339
56 1855 1,350 1,185 1,058 600 2,203 3,559,366
57 1856 1,420 1,291 1,085 656 2,293 3,634,963
58 1857 1,490 1,249 1,126 636 2,397 3,712,169
59 1858 1,580 1,262 1,175 645 2,632 3,791,013
60 1859 1,690 1,564 1,431 801 2,870 3,871,531
61 1860 1,800 1,513 1,451 778 3,059 3,953,760
62 1861 ---- 1,440 1,381 742 ---- 4,037,735
63 1862 ---- ---- 1,116 ---- ---- ----



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