... colonists that slaveholding was far more profitable than the employment of indentured servants. The years from 1700-1750 saw a dramatic rise in the African slave population, with more than 250,000 being forcibly transplanted to the American continent. The demographic impact cannot be overstated: southern colonies that were almost completely devoid of Africans in 1680 were 30-40% slaves by 1770. Even ... in northern colonies, where slavery was rare, slaves constituted anywhere from 5-15% of the population by the end of the period. Indians, on the other hand, ... gradually and without r...

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