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...; for Christmas in 1855, Sarah Wharton gave her infant granddaughter Kate Ross, two slaves, Carpana, age 5... Deed J, 1859:332). The slave population at Eagle Island had risen from 76 in 1850 (U.S. Census Bureau... 1850) to 132 in 1860, housed in 30 slave houses. In the 1860 Census,John A. Wharton listed his real