> > > Really?  ... Googling ... Huh.
> > > <http://law.jrank.org/pages/19059/Slavery-Law.html> says "Many of
> > > these restrictive laws were also applied to free blacks in the
> > > South -- more than a quarter of a million by 1860.", but also notes
> > > the restrictions on manumission (e.g., "In 1782 Virginia allowed for
> > > the voluntary manumission of slaves by masters, although in 1806 it
> > > modified the law by requiring newly freed slaves to leave the state.")
> > > Anyone have a URL for specific data, like per state?

> >  I haven't tried cross checking with the official 1860 census data
> >  (I think it is on line)

> http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1860a-15.pdf
> Page 4 (document page number 594)