high watermark for US slavery had 12% of the Population in Slavery
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The highest percentage of the U.S. population that was enslaved at one time was approximately 21.5% in 1790, when there were about 697,000 enslaved people out of a total population of approximately 3.9 million.
That is more than 10% of the population!
Incrementally the high watermark for US slavery had 12% of the Population in Slavery. The Democrats want more slaves...
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The highest percentage of the U.S. population that was enslaved at one time was approximately 21.5% in 1790, when there were about 697,000 enslaved people out of a total population of approximately 3.9 million.
it is AI so I question its definition of "enslaved people"
Though my source is a verbal broadcast source who usually checks his facts, but whom did not cite his source.