In eighteenth-century North America, by far the greatest number of enslaved workers lived in Virginia or __________.

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Virginia had the largest number of enslaved workers in North America during the eighteenth century, followed by Maryland. While there were some enslaved individuals in New York, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, their numbers were significantly lower in comparison to Virginia and Maryland.

In Eighteenth-Century North America, by Far the Greatest Number of Enslaved