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Which six southern states had the largest areas in which slaves made up more than 50 percent of the population?
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Did a large majority of the southern population own slaves?
maybe
Who wanted slaves to count in their total population?
southern states
Of the following who wanted slaves to count in their total population?
Southern States
Which group composed about one third of the population of the southern states?
slaves
Why did southern states want slaves to be counted in a state's population?
So they could count more votes
What percent of southern population owned slaves?
Approximately 85%
In 1750 40 percent of the south population was this?
In 1750 40% of the south's population were slaves. 85% of the enslaved population lived in Southern Colonies.
What percent of the southern population were slaves in 1787?
Slaves represented a sizeable percentage of the population of the antebellum south. In the lower south, slaves represented 47% of the population. The total percentile in the upper south was 29%. The border states had a population of 13% of slaves against the total population.
Which colonial region had the largest slave population the southern New England middle or backcountry?
The Southern Colonies do they are made up of half slaves half colonists
Did they have slaves in the southern colonies?
Slavery was banned for about thirty years in the 1700s but yes there was slavery when agrilcultuere became a popular way to make a living.
Why did southern states have biggest population of slaves?
They needed slaves to work on their plantations.
Which state had the largest percentage of African Americans in 1790?
Since the southern states had slaves during this time period, one of the southern states such as Georgia, Alabama, or South Carolina would most likely have had the largest percent of African Americans at this time. In 1790, South Carolina had the largest African American population, at 43.7%. The numbers have since changed greatly -- the state which currently holds the title is Mississippi, at 37.3%.
What is the answer to at the time of the civil war black slaves made up about 40 percent of the southern population in dollars what were they worth to the southern economy?
black men and women had to fight for the union and others had to fight for the confederatcy
Did a large majority of the southern population own slaves?
maybe
Who wanted slaves to count in their total population?
southern states
Where was the largest concentration of slaves in north America?
The largest concentration of slaves in North America was in the southern states. They used slaves extensively to harvest labor intensive crops like cotton.
What percent owned fewer than 5 slaves?
Of all the slaves owned forty-nine percent owned fewer than 5 slaves. Only five percent of Southern whites lived in a home that owned slaves. Which equals out to twenty-five percent of whites owned slaves.
