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... population , about 96 percent of which was of English ancestry ; blacks ac- counted for only about 2 percent of the population . The immigration of the Irish , beginning in the 1840s , and of French Canadians after the Civil War ...
... population , about 96 percent of which was of English ancestry ; blacks ac- counted for only about 2 percent of the population . The immigration of the Irish , beginning in the 1840s , and of French Canadians after the Civil War ...
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... population , and Ohio's large cities are following the national pattern of losing population to surrounding suburban areas . The growth of Columbus proper is largely attributable to an- nexation of township lands . It is possible to ...
... population , and Ohio's large cities are following the national pattern of losing population to surrounding suburban areas . The growth of Columbus proper is largely attributable to an- nexation of township lands . It is possible to ...
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... populations were , how- population ever , always small and dispersed because of the limited disperse- amount of arable and pasture land . Insect - borne diseases severely hindered settlement in the Orinoco region and in other low ...
... populations were , how- population ever , always small and dispersed because of the limited disperse- amount of arable and pasture land . Insect - borne diseases severely hindered settlement in the Orinoco region and in other low ...
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