Note 17 — Chapter IV · THE ECONOMY OF VIRGINIA.
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From 1850 to 1860, the rate of increase of the free population has been 16·44 per cent; of the slave, 3·88. (From a recent official statement of the Census Office.) A somewhat parallel case to that of the Virginia slaveholder is that of a breeder of blooded stock. A Flying Dutchman is used upon occasion as a charger, but under no pressure of the harvest will you find him put before the cart. I have more than once heard the phrase used, “Niggers are worth too much” to be used in such and such work. Instances of this are given hereafter.