In 1700, which of the following colonies had the largest slave population relative to its overall population?
a. massachusetts
b. virginia
c. pennsylvania
d. south carolina

In 1700, Virginia had the largest slave population relative to its overall population. The increase of the number of slaves in Virginia during this time is very rampant due to the decrease of the whites to work in Virginian plantations. Indians were also not able and willing to turn themselves into slaves in the plantation fields so Virginia needed to buy a big number of slaves from Africa. The population started as 2,000 slaves in 1671 until it reaches to 16,000 blacks in the 1700. The number says that the number of slaves in Virginia is 28% when compared to the colonists in 1700.