May I ask, please, what was the ongoing "rate" black / white then? IE were black counted? iIf so, what was the ratio of black to white?https://twitter.com/NaomiH_nothing/status/904754635222663169 …
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May I ask, please, what was the ongoing "rate" black / white then? IE were black counted? iIf so, what was the ratio of black to white?https://twitter.com/NaomiH_nothing/status/904754635222663169 …
Since the census has changed over time, that's a difficult question to answer. The 1790 census distinguished between enslaved and free people & white people and free people of color (which included many Native Americans). This video is a good overview:http://s.si.edu/who-were-the-people …
Thank you!
A nation so new that it fit on a pitcher.
That's very cool... but also I am wondering what inspired someone to put population figures on a pitcher. Seems like an odd decoration!
It does seem odd, doesn't it? In our "Many Voices, One Nation" exhibition, our curators interpret the 1790 census jug as one of the many ways early Americans tried to create iconic symbols and images that could represent their new national identity: http://s.si.edu/peopling-nation pic.twitter.com/344esUgF5z
Maybe a "Yay, look at all of us participating in this! We're this-many strong! Go team!"?
(Let me take this opportunity to add: Thanks for all you do. You make the world a better place by collecting and sharing this. #CuratorLove )
Population ration between biggest and smallest state is 17:1. Today it’s 65:1. Founders never accounted for such a disparity when they created the Senate and electoral college.
It annoys me to realize that a significant percentage of those people are related to me.
That's probably why it's done every decade in the year ending in zero.
You could regulate a militia then.
Presumably it refers to Northwest and South of the Ohio River (excluding Kentucky), from the existing states out to the Mississippi.
That's a good question. It looks like the geographic designations on the jug may trace back to what were the U.S. judicial districts in 1790. This page, map, and related doc from the @uscensusbureau might provide some clues: http://ow.ly/q4pf30iIw0s [
: @uscensusbureau]pic.twitter.com/JU7XO8Y3Ru
Did the Southern figures include enslaved people, or incorporate the 3/5 adjustment, or ?
They most likely did since the whole point of the 3/5th clause was to give more representation to the southern states.
It looks like Virginia was the most populous state. Washington, Jefferson, Madison & Monroe were all Virginians.
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