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primarily because the institution had existed for about 5,000 years in Africa and elsewhere and had spread to the new world.

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How many people lived in the US when Thomas Jefferson took office?

About 5 million people were counted by the 1800 Census (August 4, 1800). It showed the estimated population of the US as 5,308,483 people, of which 893,602 were slaves.


What describes slavery in the South before the US Civil War?

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Who own the slaves in us?

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Why did people own slave in the US in the 1800?

primarily because the institution had existed for about 5,000 years in Africa and elsewhere and had spread to the new world.


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Did us president Rutherford B. Hayes own slaves?

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Who were the slaves that got to the US?

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What is the population of the nation in the US in the early 1800?

In 1800, 5,308,483 people were living in the United States, of whom 893,602 were slaves. This did not count the census data from Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee or New Jersey, as that data was lost. By 1840 the census process of collecting data was better organized, and they found the US population to be 17,069,453 persons.


Were all the poor people slaves?

No, there were white people in the US who weren't well off but they weren't slaves to anyone.


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