The Colony of Virginia, the location of the Jamestown Settlement (the first permanent English settlement in the Americas), was the most populous southern colony or state in the region until it was partitioned into Virginia and West Virginia during the American Civil War. Virginia was also the most populous of the Thirteen Colonies throughout most of the Colonial Era. In terms of ethnicity, the southern colonies had the largest relative Black populations, with South Carolina even becoming majority-Black in the 1710s.
Black and White population of the southern colonies in the Thirteen Colonies (United States) from 1620 to 1760
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Internet Archive. (January 1, 1999). Black and White population of the southern colonies in the Thirteen Colonies (United States) from 1620 to 1760 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1415538/thirteen-colonies-southern-colonies-pop-ethnicity-state/
Internet Archive. "Black and White population of the southern colonies in the Thirteen Colonies (United States) from 1620 to 1760." Chart. January 1, 1999. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1415538/thirteen-colonies-southern-colonies-pop-ethnicity-state/
Internet Archive. (1999). Black and White population of the southern colonies in the Thirteen Colonies (United States) from 1620 to 1760. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1415538/thirteen-colonies-southern-colonies-pop-ethnicity-state/
Internet Archive. "Black and White Population of The Southern Colonies in The Thirteen Colonies (United States) from 1620 to 1760." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 1999, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1415538/thirteen-colonies-southern-colonies-pop-ethnicity-state/
Internet Archive, Black and White population of the southern colonies in the Thirteen Colonies (United States) from 1620 to 1760 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1415538/thirteen-colonies-southern-colonies-pop-ethnicity-state/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Black and White population of the southern colonies in the Thirteen Colonies (United States) from 1620 to 1760 [Graph], Internet Archive, January 1, 1999. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1415538/thirteen-colonies-southern-colonies-pop-ethnicity-state/