Question

What percentage of the population in the Southern Colonies was made up of slaves?

Answer 1

As Britain developed the colony for plantation agriculture, the percentage of slaves in the population in twenty years rose from 18% to almost 65% by 1783. Virginia and Chesapeake Bay Further information: History of slavery in Virginia and History of slavery in Maryland The first recorded Africans in Virginia arrived in late August 1619.

Answer 2

25%

Step-by-step explanation:

By the 1750's almost 25% of people in America were black slaves.