Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-14
Whites and Blacks in Virginia

has been said ana written during inv
past wear or so on the race que tion
ia thu. south il might De- interesting
10 Your rradtr$ I" review me sauna
ti,u ia Tins stat, ana to make com
| uaraitI.. summary Of IA" racial
growth and TN, pre- lent %iaiu& OF 'h'
two races in Virginia. writes cores
| puud..ut Of the Richmond New l'au
.r For the purposes OF ms review,
| rha rciI.iu: Of 1880 VIII b. coiI'paI' e"
| With that OF 1900 Th'r" We're III lh'
| slat,. the former year HS".'"H Nhi''
and G3l. GIG negroes, winch hN l'o'
| h,d increased to 1928 and """.'-I
r.suactiy-ly, whit" gain Of % per
cent, and n negro gain III JhS' - "'''
or ) Der cent. All of IN" n'Hr" III
crras.. can be- accounted Tor III N"'
! folk city and county alone, th' i""
| ,.ius in other sections being Sufl'i"h'
| only TO prayrut an actual loss of NJ
gro population
/ According to tn" census oil l'""'
| th,r, were. thlrty-1ivc counties haNil"
= nero majority in tn" aSSr"&a'''
| populaiium or theS" thirty five, Buck
| inghum, Halifax aud N'S'm"i'!Hh"
mIy AS we'll be- omitted for III" par
noses OF this comparison. the Whii"S
| ,h,rn having a voting isc.ndencN and
seemingly gaining strongly. TIL" 9th
or thirtylwo will b" taken together
with Acconac. Warwick and Newport
| News and Richmond city. wh"r" me
| n.pru,s are numerous ana nave
| grown considerable in numbers. All
these had Il negro pnpnlai ion in lSN"
Of :,u5. $50. against 250.G6S whites. NV
| ,.uo the races stood a2n.000 whit" to
2In uoo negroes. an increase OF 80.
Goa i'm thu. white and Of $4,000 in the
lnrgrO.y OF these counties IN" upper
| tier or midland Virginia. ones Sho"
I'd "A heavy drcline in the negro poph
latjon. Amelia. Caroline. Cumberland,
Esspx Goochland. Louisa. Charlotte
and Nnttowav had 4 falling off OF IL
! 600 in the twenty years III me NUM-
| her of negroes. while the whites gam
cd slightly, so the gain in tn" otht:
Itw-nty-six of the negro tSlt would be
- o0a The negro loss in the rest OF
| the state would then b" about So"'V
III Eastern Wv W 49,
| ticaable increases in the negro poph-
! iation in seventeen counties. all l"fat-
ed in the Tidewater section. except
| Henry and Brunswick. and all OF them
black counties except six. Omi'tlhS
THE two lust mentioned. the others
iora Princes Anne. Norfolk. with Nor
folk and Portsmouth cities. Nanse
hmond Isle of Wight. Southampton
lGreensville. Sussex. Surry. Henfico
with Richmond. Warwick with New
mort News. Elizabeth City. Northamp'
ton. AccOmac. Middlesex and IancaS
ter. the total increase in these WIS
i7I.0O0. This leaves a falling on !"
the other parts of the state OF 4Z,oo'.
The decline in the negro pnpula'l"h
WAS chiefly in the Valley and in Pied.
mont and Midland Virginia. In many
Iplares il was very marked indeed.
| nv far to. most striking decline
was in tn. Blue Ridge. Piedmont ara
Midland Virginia sections. the Grra'
tobacco raising sections OF tn" 5ta'".
In such prosperous counties as Aldo
marie for insta nca. counties as Abe
lnlarle. for instance there was fall
IL 600 during the twenty years. the
whites increasing from 16."u". TO -
0OO for the same period. changing the
| political COmpl, xion Of the county
from one with a negro majority to q
powerful white majority.
The row of counties from t.oudonr
10 Patrick. together with the second
tier from Culpeper TO Campbell. in
elusive. aggregate as follows: White
in 1850. lT3S 500. negroes i3f.25o: VI
1890 whites 28i950. and negroes 1872
15u-a negro decline of 2i5". or
about IS per cent. Will" the whites
Increased in round numbers. 10000
or about II per cent. Must of IN"
Midland counties show a similar de
cline OF the negro population. but o."
4 ing to the long continued poverty
stricken condition of thu whites ther.
was not much Of an increase Win
them or the complexion Of III" entire
section would have been changed. as
was The case in Albemarle. Louisa
for instance loSi some zoo OF us
negroes. while the whites incr"aS'
only about 500. Charlotte. on the
south side. lost $500 negroes and
gained only IIoa whites, with others
in like manner hut "a a lesser d"gr""
until the Tidcwaicr section is reach
ed.
From III" line of tine Blue Ridge
mountains all down through The state
to Tid"waicT. the same state OF fact
l. Observable except in the TWO Coun'
tics q H-nry and Brunswick. and tn"
latter had no large gain eith"T way
Even Tidewatcr should be partly in
clurlc,. in the. list of th"sa showing y
falling OF Of their negro inhabitants
Tor such waS ih. case in Alexandria
Fairfax. Prince William. Stafford
Caroline. King william. Han"vrS