French Settlers: Population

• 1752 census counted 768 French citizens (including Indian wives of French men) in the Illinois country
  • 284 men
  • 132 women
  • 352 children
• An additional 300 soldiers, an unusually large number, were at Fort de Chartres.

How do they compare? Native Americans | French Settlers | African Slaves

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