[dtel]

...The plantation prospered. In 1858 the Smith County assessment for the property was $29,700. The value placed on 720 acres of land was $3,100; other personal property included 40 negroes, value $24,000; 11 horses, value $1,200; 60 cattle, value $360; and sundries valued at $470. The year that Richard B. Hubbard Sr. died (1864), the Hubbard Plantation was valued at $36,700, including 44 negroes to do the work, horses, cattle and miscellaneous property of $4,140- a tremendously rich "spread" of the era...

From
Hubbard and Hide-A-Way
a history
June T. Parker, 1976.

For discussion only.

A slave was worth ten times the amount of a cow.
You know I try, but I can't put my mind totally in their time. but I am thinking if a slave was worth ten times as much as a cow and six times as much as a horse, the asset was not allowed to waste away.

[dtel]

This Smith county is in the EVIL (shudder) State of Texas.

"Texas Governor Richard B. Hubbard Jr., 1876-1879, was elected Lt. Governor in 1873 and succeeded to the governorship when Governor Richard Coke resigned to become Texas Senator. His accomplishments as Governor included reducing public debt, fighting land fraud, promoting educational reforms and restoring public control of the prison systems. Although at odds with politicians, he was popular with the Peoiple of Texas."

A little more background info, from the same source.

[Democratic_Machiavelli]

True, but not everyone takes care of equipment worth thousands (or even millions) of dollars. They get this weird mentality that they can do whatever they want with it, no matter the consequence.

Not to mention the fact that a human life is worth far more than any monetary value IMO.

[Democratic_Machiavelli]

Have you read Uncle Tom's Cabin? It's pretty fair-minded, especially considering it was written by an abolitionist. One of the characters is a plantation owner who actually treats his slaves well and points out the hypocrisy of his northern cousin who's never been around blacks but thinks she has no racist tendencies herself.