sentences:  The majority of slave holders (82%) owned between one and four slaves, and used them as domestic servants and farm laborers.The overall population of New Paltz grew rapidly to 2,309 in 1790, by when 77 slave holders owned a total of 302 slaves, or 13% of the population.For more information pertaining to slavery in New Paltz, visit "The Society of Negroes Unsettled"