What was the distribution of wealth in colonial Maryland?

Answer 1

In the English American colonies, the white southern planters were the wealthiest. Their wealth was double that of the Northern colonies. They tended to own more land and have slaves. The Northern landowners were far from poor, however, and the standard of living and average wealth per person in the colonies eclipsed that of their British counterparts. The disparity of wealth was in terms of land. Landowners tended to be wealthy, whereas the landless, who were usually poor farmers, indentured servants or slaves, were at the bottom of the colonial hierarchy.