1790s: African Americans in Pennsylvania number 10,274; the white population numbers 424,099.
1990s: African Americans make up 1,157,000 of Pennsylvania's total population of 11,881,643.
1790s: Slavery is practiced in many places around the world. The United States, Great Britain, the West Indies, South Africa, France, Denmark, Mexico, Holland, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Brazil, and Chile, as well as most parts of Central America and most Spanish colonies in South America make it legal to hold slaves.
1990s: Most nations throughout the world have abolished slavery, although it is.....
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