Homework Help Forum: U.S.History

Posted by y912f on Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 11:21am.

i have a chart labled 'African-American Population, 1690-1750'. it shows the year, new england colonies, middle colonies, and southern colonies. the question is: In which group of colonies did the number of African Americans increase most sharply? well the answer is obvious to me: Southern Colonies...but then it also says, add to your answer your ideas behind this..i dont really know what factors caused this sharp increase...please help!

• U.S.History - <3Medic+Droid<3, Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 11:41am

  I have no idea if this is right, but i think that it's because they were still having children, and the demand for African-American slaves were high-so people began to ship in more and more Africans to America to be sold into slavery.

  
  

• U.S.History - y912f, Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 11:41am

  well thanks anyway

  
  

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