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African-American Population of
Present-day West Virginia Counties in 1860

County
Barbour
Berkeley
Boone
Braxton
Brooke
Cabell
Calhoun
Clay
Doddridge
Fayette
Gilmer
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hancock
Hardy
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Kanawha
Lewis
Logan
McDowell
Marion
Marshall
Mason
Mercer
Monongalia
Monroe
Morgan
Nicholas
Ohio
Pendleton
Pleasants
Pocahontas
Preston
Putnam
Raleigh
Randolph
Ritchie
Roane
Taylor
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Wayne
Webster
Wetzel
Wirt
Wood
Wyoming
Total
Free
135
286
1
3
51
24
1
5
1
10
22
186
222
1
270
32
11
511
181
33
1
0
3
57
47
29
46
107
24
2
126
50
5
20
45
13
19
14
0
2
51
16
11
16
0
0
2
0
79
2
2,773
Slave
95
1,650
158
104
18
305
9
21
34
271
52
1,525
1,213
2
1,673
582
55
3,960
2,184
230
148
0
63
29
376
362
101
1,114
94
154
100
244
15
252
67
580
57
183
38
72
112
20
18
212
143
3
10
23
176
64
18,371
Total
230
1,936
159
107
69
329
10
26
35
281
74
1,711
1,435
3
1,343
614
66
4,471
2,365
263
149
0
66
86
423
391
147
1,221
118
156
226
294
20
272
112
593
76
197
38
74
163
36
29
228
143
3
12
23
255
66
21,144

History of African Americans in West Virginia

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