By the Emancipation Proclamation 3,063,392 slaves were set free, as follows:
Arkansas 111,104
Alabama 435,132
Florida 61,753
Georgia 462,232
Mississippi 436,696
North Carolina 275,081
South Carolina 402,541
Texas 180,682
Virginia (part) 450,437
Louisiana (part) 247,734
The institution of slavery was not disturbed by the proclamation in eight States, which contained 831,780 slaves, distributed as follows:
Delaware 1,798
Kentucky 225,490
Maryland 87,188
Missouri 114,465
Tennessee 275,784
Louisiana (part) 85,281
West Virginia 12,761
Virginia (part) 29,013
The remainder were emancipated by the Thirteenth Amendment to the national Constitution, making the whole number set free 3,895,172.