Source: United States Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (1975).
State Approximate Population
in 1790 Approximate Population
in 1800 Population
Percent Increase,
1790 to 1800 Percent White
in 1800 Percent
African American
in 1800
Georgia 83,000 163,000 96% 63% 37%
Kentucky 74,000 221,000 199% 81% 19%
Maryland 320,000 342,000 7% 63% 37%
North Carolina 394,000 478,000 21% 71% 29%
South Carolina 249,000 346,000 39% 57% 43%
Tennessee 36,000 106,000 194% 87% 13%
Virginia 748,000 885,000 17% 59% 41%
Question
The share of White and African American populations in the various states shown in the table most strongly suggests which of the following?
Responses
African American migrants were moving from the southern to the northern states.
African American migrants were moving from the southern to the northern states.
Small subsistence farms dominated older, more established states such as Virginia and Maryland.
Small subsistence farms dominated older, more established states such as Virginia and Maryland.
Newly settled states such as Kentucky and Tennessee relied less on enslaved labor than did regions elsewhere in the South.
Newly settled states such as Kentucky and Tennessee relied less on enslaved labor than did regions elsewhere in the South.
The use of enslaved labor was declining throughout the South by 1800.