22. Statistics Of Slavery Before The Revolution
AMERICAN SLAVERY IN 1715.
In the reign of George I., the ascertained population of the Continental Colonies was as follows:
White Men. Negro Slaves. New Hampshire 9,500 150
Massachusetts 94,000 2,000
Rhode Island 7,500 500
Connecticut 46,000 1,500
New York 27,000 4,000
Pennsylvania 43,300 2,500
New Jersey 21,000 1,500
Maryland 40,700 9,400
Virginia 72,000 23,000
North Carolina 7,500 3,700
South Carolina 6,250 10,500
Total 375,000 58,550