ion that in every case which can be adduced at all.) the amount of taxes paid by the slaveholding county is more than double, often treble, that paid by the county having few or no slaves.
In each couple given, the first is a Western, the second an Eastern county:
CountiesWhites.Taxation
Harrison13,182$15,192
Halifax11,06651,617
Difference paid by slave labor in Halifax$36,425
Randolph4,7938,592
Rappahannock5,01818,632
Difference paid by slave labor10,040
Highland3,8008,499
King & Queen3,80117,997
Difference,&c., &c9,498
Giles6,0519,485
Buckingham6,04125,889
Difference, &c.,&c15,884
Ritchie6,8098,837
Mecklenburg6,77758,751
Difference,&c.,&c27,914
Raleigh3,2913,987
Sussex3,11814,075
Difference, &c., &c 10,088
Tyler6,4887.213
Nelson6,65621,197
Difference, &c 14,954
Wise4,4163,582
Prince Edward4,03325,685
Difference, &c.,&c22,113
Pleasants2,9234,618
Nottoway2,27018,621
Difference, &c.,&c14,603
Webster1,552537
Middlesex1,8668,700
Difference, &c., &c