Estimates For The Slave Population
The Roma slaves were not included in the tax censuses and as such, there are no reliable statistics about them, the exception being the slaves owned by the state. Nevertheless, there were several 19th century estimates. According to Djuvara, the estimates for the slave population tended to gravitate around 150,000-200,000 persons, which he notes was equivalent to 10% of the two countries' population. At the time of the abolition of slavery, in the two principalities there were between 200,000 and 250,000 Roma, representing 7% of the total population.
| Year | Source | Moldavia | Wallachia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1819 | Dionisie Fotino | - | 120,000 |
| 1837 | Mihail Kogălniceanu | 200,000 | |
| 1838 | Félix Colson | 139,255 | 119,910 |
| 1844 | Ferdinand Neigebaur | - | 180,000 |
| 1849 | Paul Bataillard | 250,000 | |
| 1857 | Jean Alexandre Vaillant | 137,000 | 125,000 |
| 1857 | Jean Henri Abdolonyme Ubicini | 100,000 | 150,000 |
| 1859 | census (emancipated slaves) | 250,000 | |
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