4 ms·Not all. The poor stayed behind as servants or slaves.by mirimir 7y agoNot all. The poor stayed behind as servants or slaves.watwut 7y agoWhich would be majority of population.mirimir 7y agoTFA doesn't say. But yes, likely so.watwut 7y agoThe math works that way. The group of people who employ multiple workers has to be smaller the group of employed people. If average rich household has 3 servants and there are n such households, there are going to be 3n servants.