In the first American census, how many people were counted as slaves? What proportion of the whole U.S. population were they?
2007-03-27 19:44:10 · 3 answers · asked by leader_of_the_four_horsemen 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I'm including the actual census of 1790. Page four of the document gives you a chart. Total population in 1790 in the states was 3,893,635.
Total slave population was 694,280. which comes out to about 17% of the total population.
2007-03-27 22:42:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First American Census
2016-12-11 20:47:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
17% .if i remember correctly, that's the %
theres more blacks in Mississippi now then whites
theres 12 % black people in the states.
most are still living in the south even though the north had slaves also.
2007-03-27 20:41:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋