From the census of 1875 there were a
total of 111 blacks living in Delaware Township, Kansas. 69 were from former
slave holding states. All of the people from slave holding states came
from Missouri. There weren't any people from non slave holding states because
all the ones that didn't come from a slave holding state were born in Kansas.
The total of whites was only 767. In 1885 there were 179 blacks living
in Delaware Township, Kansas. 88 of the blacks in 1885 were from slave
holding states. The blacks in 1885 from slave holding states came from
Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Virginia. Only
8 blacks living in Delaware in 1885 were from non slave holding states.
1,231 whites were living in Delaware in 1885. From 1875 to 1885 there was
an increase of 68 blacks total living in Delaware Township, Kansas. The
increase of blacks from former slave holding states was 68.