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Table Group Bb209-218 - Slave Prices and Values
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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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Bb209
Bb210
Bb211
Bb212
Bb213
Bb214
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
----
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1,116
----
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