... 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, ... they were being swindled. Likewise, rich plantation owners who leeched off the labor of their slaves came to dominate the southern colonies, with poorer farmers who could not afford slaves forced out of th...

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