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1800–1860: Antebellum period ... Richmond's population had reached 60,600 by 1880, ... A History of the Richmond Landscape. (Charleston: The History Press, 2009.)
In the 1860 United States census, Richmond was the 25th largest urban area in the United States, with a population of 37,910. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The city had been the capital of Virginia since 1780, and became the third largest city in the Confederacy.
1860 - Population:37,910. [30] 1861 Richmond becomes capital of Confederate States of America. ... The Valentine Museum rebrands as "The Valentine Richmond History ...
Richmond (/ ˈ r ɪ tʃ m ə n d / RITCH-mənd) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city since 1871. The city's population in the 2020 census was 226,610, up from 204,214 in 2010, [7] making it Virginia's fourth-most populous city. [8]
By 1860 there were 58,042 free people of color (black or mulatto, as classified in the census) in Virginia. [28] Over the decades, many had gathered in the cities of Richmond and Petersburg where there were more job opportunities. Others were landowners who had working farms, or found acceptance from neighbors in the frontier areas of Virginia.
This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1860 to 1899. 1860s ... Richmond, Virginia, ... U.S. population exceeds 50 million;
In 1860, the Democratic Party split into northern and southern factions over the issue of slavery in the territories and Stephen Douglas' support for popular sovereignty: after failing in both Charleston and Baltimore to nominate a single candidate acceptable to the South, Southern Democrats held their convention in Richmond, Virginia, on June ...
The 1860 United States census was the eighth census conducted in the United States starting June 1, 1860, and lasting five months. It determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321 [ 1 ] in 33 states and 10 organized territories.