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In '''1790''', counties with more than '''10,000''' slaves were [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia]] and [[ | [[Image:1790slaves.png]]In '''1790''', counties with more than '''10,000''' slaves were [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia]] and [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline]]. Counties with more than '''7500''' slaves were [[Culpeper County, Virginia|Culpeper]] and [[Hanover County, Virginia|Hanover]]. Counties with more than '''5000''' slaves were: [[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle]], [[Amherst County, Virginia|Amherst]], [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]], [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield]], [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia|Dinwiddie]], [[Essex County, Virginia|Essex]], [[Fauquier County, Virginia|Fauquier]], [[Gloucester County, Virginia|Gloucester]], [[Halifax County, Virginia|Halifax]], [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico]], [[King and Queen County, Virginia|King and Queen]], [[King William County, Virginia|King William]], [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk]], [[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania]], and [[Sussex County, Virginia|Sussex]].<ref name="no" /> | ||
By '''1860''', when there were nearly twice as many slaves in the state as there had been 70 years earlier, counties with more than '''10,000''' slaves were [[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle]], [[Bedford County, Virginia|Bedford]], [[Campbell County, Virginia|Campbell]], [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline]], [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia|Dinwiddie]], [[Fauquier County, Virginia|Fauquier]], [[Halifax County, Virginia|Halifax]], [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico]], [[Louisa County, Virginia|Louisa]], [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia|Mecklenburg]], and [[Pittsylvania County, Virginia|Pittsylvania]]. Counties with more than '''7500''' slaves were: [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia]], [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]], [[Buckingham County, Virginia|Buckingham]], [[Charlotte County, Virginia|Charlotte]], [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield]], [[Hanover County, Virginia|Hanover]], [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk]], and [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania]].<ref name="no" /> | By '''1860''', when there were nearly twice as many slaves in the state as there had been 70 years earlier, counties with more than '''10,000''' slaves were [[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle]], [[Bedford County, Virginia|Bedford]], [[Campbell County, Virginia|Campbell]], [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline]], [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia|Dinwiddie]], [[Fauquier County, Virginia|Fauquier]], [[Halifax County, Virginia|Halifax]], [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico]], [[Louisa County, Virginia|Louisa]], [[Mecklenburg County, Virginia|Mecklenburg]], and [[Pittsylvania County, Virginia|Pittsylvania]]. Counties with more than '''7500''' slaves were: [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia]], [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick]], [[Buckingham County, Virginia|Buckingham]], [[Charlotte County, Virginia|Charlotte]], [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield]], [[Hanover County, Virginia|Hanover]], [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk]], and [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania]].<ref name="no" /> | ||