Slavery in the Colonies, 1775
VT
NH
New York
MA
CT
RI
Pennsylvania
DE
Atlantic
Ocean
Virginia
Appalachian Mountains.
North
Carolina
Slaves as a
proportion of
South
total population
Carolina
0-10 percent
Georgia
10-30 percent
30-50 percent
975 150
50-70 percent
Scale of miles
Source: James A. Henretta et al., America's History,
Dorsey Press (adapted)
A conclusion supported by the information on the map
is that slavery in the American colonies was
A) declining by the start of the Revolutionary War
B) concentrated in areas suitable for large
plantations
C) becoming illegal in the northern colonies
D) growing fastest in the New England colonies