Proportion of adult white men eligible to vote in 18th-century Virginia: 70%
Estimated voter participation rate among Virginia's eligible voters: 40-60%²

Number of Anglican priests per capita in Virginia in 1724: 1/50,000
Number of Baptist churches in Virginia: 9 in 1769 and 54 in 1774
Estimated number of white evangelicals (Methodists, Baptists, and New Light Presbyterians) in the South by 1792: 150,000
Estimated number of Black evangelicals in the South by 1792: 25,000³

Slaves as a Percentage of Virginia's Total Population:
1680: 7%
1720: 30%
1770: 42%⁴

Number of tobacco-growing acres a single slave could work: 5
Number of acres per field hand needed to meet all the needs of a plantation: 50⁵