American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790

Greene, Evarts Boutell; Harrington, Virginia D.

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“…For a discussion of the problems in ascertaining the population of colonial America and the best figures available of the Black population in New England, see Greene and Harrington's (1932) American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790.…”

Section: The New England Black Experiencementioning

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McMillan

1994

Journal of Black Studies

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100polluting, to men. Buckley challenges the bias of male informants and male researchers and the discounting of contemporary Native American points of view.Much the same is true of the study of colonial New England which is viewed through Eurocentric interpretations via the writings of White authors. With an eye to the biases inherent within the archival records of colonial New England, a more complete analysis of the role of race and witchcraft in this society is possible.

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McMillan

1994

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Density‐dependent migration and human population structure in historical Massachusetts

Relethford

1986

American J Phys Anthropol

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Studies of population structure often focus on the effects of population size and migration rates on genetic variation. Few studies, however, have investigated the relationship between these two factors. The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which migration (and gene flow) is density-dependent (that is, affected by population size) for populations in historical Massachusetts. Data from 4,859 marriage records were analyzed from four populations in north-central Massachusetts during the time period 1741 to 1849. These data were placed into 29 samples defined in terms of population and time cohort. Within each cohort the overall exogamy rate was computed along with three estimates of gene flow based on marital migration: local migration (k), long-distance migration (m), and effective migration rate (me). Three samples show unusually low rates that reflect the history of settlement. Regression analyses were used with the remaining samples, and they show nonlinear density-dependent migration that is unrelated to temporal trends. Migration is highest in samples with small population sizes (less than 800) and large population sizes (greater than 1,600). Migration is lowest in medium-sized populations. Two processes are suggested to explain this curvilinear relationship of migration and population size. In small populations, the lack of suitable potential mates and/or availability of settled land leads to an increase in migration into the population. As population size increases, this migration decreases. After populations reach a certain size, migration increases again, most likely reflecting the economic pull of larger populations. These patterns could act to enhance, or counter, genetic drift, depending on the direction of density dependence.

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Population Dynamics among the Early-Comers to Industrialization

Rostow¹

1978

The World Economy

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Density‐dependent migration and human population structure in historical Massachusetts

Population Dynamics among the Early-Comers to Industrialization

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