Blacks in South Carolina

[A18]

There used to be a majority black population there, around the Civil War days, correct? What happened?

[Ebowed]

We hung 'em all

[riceowl]

Whoa!
Ebowed is blue?
Since when?

[Richard]

Whoa!
Ebowed is blue?
Since when?

He got an email from God.

[minionofmidas]

Big exodus from ca.1900 to ca.1970, as everywhere; plus white northern retirees moving in in larger numbers than, say, Mississippi or Alabama. (Though less than Florida.)

Mississippi and South Carolina both had Black majorities for over a hundred years, reaching up to 60% at times. Florida had Black majorities right around the civil war for a short while. Georgia was very close to 50% Black for half a century. Louisiana too.

[bgwah]

I believe that Mississippi was the last majority black state. However, sometime between the 1910 census and 1920 census, it became majority white.

Reason: Many blacks moved to industrial cities in the North. This is why cities in the North have as many black people as they do.

[minionofmidas]

Peak Black percentages for Southern states, and periods when they were over 55%, 50% or  45% Black.

Delaware - 25.0% 1840
Maryland - 38.2% 1810
District of Columbia - 71.1% 1970. Over 50% since 1960. (Black percentage exploded from 35.0% in 1950 to 53.9% in 1960 to 71.1% in 1970, and has been falling ever since.)
Virginia (current borders) - 47.9% 1830. Over 45% from 1810 to 1850.
West Virginia (current borders) - 12.1% 1820
North Carolina - 38.0% 1880
South Carolina - 60.7% 1880. Over 55% from 1830 to 1910. Over 50% from 1820 to 1920. Over 45% from 1810 to 1930.
Georgia - 47.0% 1880. Over 45% from 1870 to 1910.
Florida - 48.8% 1870. Over 45% from 1830 (territory) to 1880 except 1860.
Kentucky - 24.7% 1830
Tennessee - 26.1% 1880
Alabama - 47.7% 1870. Over 45% from 1860 to 1900.
Mississippi - 58.5% 1900. Over 55% in 1860 and ftom 1880 to 1910. Over 50% from 1840 to 1930. Over 45% from 1810 (territory) to 1950.
Missouri - 18.3% 1830.
Arkansas - 28.1% 1910.
Louisiana - 58.5% 1830. Over 55% 1830-40. Over 50% from 1810 (territory) to 1890 except 1860. Over 45% to 1900.
Oklahoma - 8.4% 1890.
Texas - 31.0% 1870.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yup.  Since Blacks couldn't vote anyother way about conditions in the South, they voted with their feet.