Are there books or sources on what the social composition of American colonists were in 1776 ?
Let's say how many were (self-working along with their familes) farmers , how many slave-owners and land-owners , how many merchants , how many artisans and how many slaves?
I've only found out that there were 18% of slaves in 1780.
thanks in advance
Social Composition of USA in 1776
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Re: Social Composition of USA in 1776
Read this document, it might help you to find further sources:Chinaski1917 wrote:Are there books or sources on what the social composition of American colonists were in 1776 ?
Let's say how many were (self-working along with their familes) farmers , how many slave-owners and land-owners , how many merchants , how many artisans and how many slaves?
I've only found out that there were 18% of slaves in 1780.
thanks in advance
http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/d ... 0p2-13.pdf
Even the first US Census conducted in 1790, which was 14 years after 1776, didn't ask any questions regarding the social structure. Link to the questions asked:
http://web.archive.org/web/201004171545 ... stions.php
Only in 1850 the US Census Bureau started to collect social statistics:
http://www.census.gov/history/www/throu ... questions/
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