The slave population quickly grew larger than that of the land owners.
In all other countries the slave population either did not increase or declined.
A century later, the total slave population numbered about 2,300.
They, more than anyone else, knew the general docility of the slave population.
Between 1720 and 1740, the slave population there nearly doubled, to 39,000.
The slave population there had continued to grow due to natural increase even after the ban on international trade.
My ancestors fought their way out of America's slave population.
Between 1704 and 1720, the slave population shot from 4,475 to 25,000.
The state was created in order to continue the suppression of the black slave population.
The local slave population failed to join in Brown's attack.