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The counts are for total population, including persons who were enslaved, but generally excluding Native Americans. ... Maryland [b] 1632 — — — 583 4,504 8,426 ...
Maryland developed into a plantation colony by the 18th century. In 1700 there were about 25,000 people and by 1750 that had grown more than 5 times to 130,000. By 1755, about 40% of Maryland's population was black. [50] Maryland planters also made extensive use of indentured servants and penal labor.
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by historical population, as enumerated every decade by the United States Census. As required by the United States Constitution , a census has been conducted every 10 years since 1790.
Kennedy, Joseph C. G. Population of the United States in 1860 (1864) official returns of 8th census complete text online; Riley Moffat. Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850-1990 (1996); Population History of Eastern U.S. Cities and Towns, 1790-1870 (1992)
Maryland was a border state, straddling the North and South. As in Virginia and Delaware, some planters in Maryland had freed their slaves in the years after the Revolutionary War. By 1860 Maryland's free black population comprised 49.1% of the total of African Americans in the state. [4]
From 1774 to 1776, Carroll was a member of the Annapolis Convention. He was commissioned with Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase and his cousin John Carroll in February 1774 to seek aid from Canada. [14] He was a member of Annapolis' first Committee of Safety in 1775. In early 1776, while not yet a member, the Congress sent him on a mission to Canada.
1773 - Maryland Journal, and the Baltimore Advertiser newspaper begins publication. [3] 1775 - Population: 5,934; 1776 - December - Second Continental Congress meeting begins. 1782 - Lexington Market founded. 1784 - Christmas Conference (Methodism) 1787 - 1,955 dwellings in town. [4] 1790 - Population: 13,503 people. [5] 1794 - James Calhoun ...
William Joseph was the 11th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1688 to 1689. He was appointed by the colony's proprietor Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore.Joseph attempted to maintain control of the colony in the proprietor's name, but religious turmoil related to the Glorious Revolution in England led to Joseph's being removed from office by Protestant colonists and the Calvert family ...