What proportion of white Virginia families owned at least one slave in 1770?

A) nearly 10 percent
B) nearly 50 percent
C) nearly 75 percent
D) nearly 1 percent
E) nearly 90 percent

White Virginia Families

Refers to elite family networks within colonial Virginia, notable for their influence in social, economic, and political spheres during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Owned

colloquially refers to having something under one's possession or control, but in internet slang, it also means to decisively defeat or humiliate someone.

1770

A year marked by historical events such as the Boston Massacre, which played a significant role in escalating tensions leading to the American Revolutionary War.