According to the US census of 1790, the number of slaves in the US totaled 698,000. Ninety four percent of the slave population were south of the Mason Dixon Line.
According to the 1790 US Census, 94% of US slaves lived south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
There were 304.000 in 1790. By the time it was 1860 the number increased to 3,950,000.
About 200,000 slaves lived in the middle colonies
Between 1790 and 1820, 85,000 African people came/were brought to the US.
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According to the 1790 US Census, 94% of US slaves lived south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
There were 304.000 in 1790. By the time it was 1860 the number increased to 3,950,000.
700,000
Larger plantations called for more workers. As a result, the number of slaves in the South nearly doubled from 700,000 to 1,200,000 by the mid-1800s.
there were 700000
Slaves were only counted as 3/4 of a person.
The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 led to a major increase in the number of slaves in the United States. The first census in 1790 counted 697,897 slaves, but by 1810 that number had grown 1.2 million slaves and increase of about 70%!
The first US census was in 1790.
Massachusetts, and New York
The National Capital In 1790 was Philadelphia.
About 200,000 slaves lived in the middle colonies
South Carolina