The Differences Slavery Made: A Close Analysis of Two American Communities

Women in Franklin County, 1860

Women in Franklin County headed over 780 households. The average age of these heads of household was 53 years, and they owned less real and personal property than their counterparts in Augusta.

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U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census [1860]. Population of the United States in 1860, Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census. Washington, D.C., 1864. U.S. Census of Population, 1860. Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington: National Archives and Records Administration (Augusta: Reels 1333 and 1387. Franklin: Reels 1111 and 1112).

Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III
Women in Franklin County, 1860
2001

Points of Analysis to this Data:

"In Augusta, almost every group of white people owned property and homes worth more than their counterparts in Franklin, most of it tied inextricably to slavery."


Citation: Key = E156
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