Suppose a plantation stocked with 100 slaves, men, women, and piccaninnies,

at 8500 each, $50,000

Interest at 8 per cent., a low rate for the South, 4,000

Customary allowance for life insurance or mortality, 1,000

Overseer's wages, 1,000

House and provisions, 500

Doctor's fees, hospital, and medicines, 500

Renewal and repairs of negro quarters, 500

Clothing and food, at $1 per week for each slave, 5,200

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12,700