Does it include slave populations?
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Yes—the pitcher's figures reflect total populations, which included enslaved peoples and some Native Americans. This document from
@uscensusbureau has a more detailed breakdown. This video from our Democracy exhibition analyzes who was counted in 1790: http://s.si.edu/who-were-the-people …pic.twitter.com/1ZxzVfs9gW
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Was there gerrymandering?
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Concerns about gerrymandering do go back to the first decades of the nation. This “Gerry-Mander” cartoon was published in 1812: http://s.si.edu/2DpYChP pic.twitter.com/BpPykzSdfQ
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Thank you for all your great information on this topic
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Do slaves count as 3/5ths of a “person?”
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Great question—the pitcher's figures reflect total populations, including enslaved peoples; you can see a more detailed breakdown on this document [
: @uscensusbureau]. This video explains how the 1790 census determined representation in Congress: http://s.si.edu/who-were-the-people …pic.twitter.com/inat9KBPB5
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Northwest of Ohio, forget this counting thing
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Wonder if they asked about immigration status.....oh, wait.....
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Wonder why we changed the spelling of all the states. Pensylvania. Mary Land. Massachusets.
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Who's Mary Land?
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about 3.6 million not including the First Nations people, who would be a large part of the "not known"
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Can we have please a "friendly reminder" as to the counting/sorting mechanisms the census complied with? Ratio of black/white? Were all black "counted" as humans? If not, which rubric presented the # of black?https://twitter.com/NaomiH_nothing/status/904754635222663169 …
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this would make a neat gift shop item =)
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Shows why they came up with the electoral college
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What’s up with Vermont? I think they were “fudging” the numbers...
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Why is political party affliation even a consideration in drawing congressional maps?
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Who made the
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Questions asked by marshals in 1790 census: *The number of free White males aged: under 16 years of 16 years and upward *Number of free White females *Number of other free persons *Number of slaves
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Although I don’t think they’re correct.
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