Good question. These data are for white women born in Maryland. Data on slave fertility are harder to come by, but the research of Allan Kulikoff and a few others show similar fertility rates for American-born slave women (from the mid-18th century on), only more died before their childbearing years were up, so completed family size was smaller; also, a larger fraction of their children died before reaching the age of 20 (mostly in infancy or early childhood).
Doug Deal
History/SUNY Oswego
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From: Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009 10:40 pm
Subject: Re: 18th century fertility rate in Virginia
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> Doug,
>
> Your data is interesting. But, I have to ask if the data is only
> for white
> women, for black women, or combined for both.
>
> Anne
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