Demographic Turnaround Chesapeake 18th Century

Question 1

1700 Chesapeake population was….

Answer 1

Mainly white and domestically born.

Nuclear families
Considerably more consolidated

Question 2

Male: female ratios Chesapeake 18th Century

Answer 2

1620s 15:2
1700 157:100
1755: Male population in Maryland only 27%
Sex ratio 113:100

CHildren made up nearly half of all these figures

Question 3

Black as percentage of population 18th century Chesapeake

Answer 3

7% in 1690s
13% 1700
20% 1720
35% Mideast-century

Question 4

Free labour and abundance of land 18th century Chesapeake

Answer 4

Likely to move, but slaves cannot

Question 5

Elites and english underpopulation

Answer 5

Concerned about Britain, fewer people leaving
High labour demand in London due to fire of London
Fewer whites lead to higher prices

Question 6

Average slave workforce in 18th century Chesapeake

Answer 6

30 slaves per plantation

Question 7

Affect on whites with slaves 18th century Chesapeake

Answer 7

More cohesive white community against slaves.

Social level

Question 8

Price age etc. Of slave 18th century Chesapeake

Answer 8

1730 slave would be 16-20 years old.

1763 cost roughly 25-35£

Slow return but long lasting