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Manumission of slaves (jan 1, 1790 – jan 1, 1810)

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Following the Revolution, numerous slaveholders in the Upper South free their slaves. The percentage of free blacks rises from less than one to 10 percent.
By 1810, 75 percent of all blacks in Delaware are free, and 7.2 percent of blacks in Virginia are free.

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jan 1, 1790
jan 1, 1810
~ 20 years