LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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10%
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20%
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25%
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Over 50 %
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Detailed explanation-1: -By 1700 there were 27, 817 enslaved Africans in British North America. In 1740, there were 150, 024. By 1770, the number of slaves had grown to 462, 000, about one-fifth of the total colonial population.
Detailed explanation-2: -Throughout colonial and antebellum history, U.S. slaves lived primarily in the South. Slaves comprised less than a tenth of the total Southern population in 1680 but grew to a third by 1790. At that date, 293, 000 slaves lived in Virginia alone, making up 42 percent of all slaves in the U.S. at the time.
Detailed explanation-3: -In fact, throughout the colonial period, Virginia had the largest slave population, followed by Maryland.
Detailed explanation-4: -Before the Civil War, nearly 4 million black slaves toiled in the American South.