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Wealth and Slaveholding Correlations
This table shows the correlations among some geographical and economic variables for Augusta and Franklin. Weak correlations
between slaveholding and the other variables reveal that neither wealth nor slaveholding bore a strong relationship to geographic
variables.
| Independent Variable |
Dependent Variable |
Augusta |
Franklin |
| Household Wealth |
|
R |
r2 |
R |
r2 |
|
Proximity to Railroad |
0.057 |
0.002 |
0.092 |
0.008 |
|
Proximity to a Major Road |
0.060 |
0.002 |
0.008 |
0.000 |
|
Proximity to a Church |
0.041 |
0.000 |
0.098 |
0.009 |
|
Proximity to a School |
0.025 |
-0.001 |
0.073 |
0.005 |
|
Elevation |
0.106 |
0.010 |
0.043 |
0.002 |
|
Soil Type |
0.071 |
0.004 |
0.071 |
0.005 |
|
Proximity to a Town |
0.046 |
0.002 |
0.138 |
0.019 |
|
Party Affiliation |
0.203 |
0.040 |
0.034 |
-0.005 |
| Farm Value |
|
R |
r2 |
R |
r2 |
|
Proximity to Railroad |
0.082 |
0.004 |
0.144 |
0.020 |
|
Proximity to a Major Road |
0.044 |
-0.001 |
0.033 |
0.000 |
|
Proximity to a Church |
0.054 |
0.000 |
0.009 |
-0.001 |
|
Proximity to a School |
0.065 |
0.002 |
0.046 |
0.001 |
|
Elevation |
0.150 |
0.020 |
0.105 |
0.010 |
|
Soil Type |
0.019 |
-0.002 |
0.230 |
0.052 |
|
Proximity to a Town |
0.020 |
-0.002 |
0.084 |
0.006 |
|
Party Affiliation |
0.138 |
0.017 |
0.088 |
-0.013 |
| Farm Size |
|
R |
r2 |
R |
r2 |
|
Proximity to Railroad |
0.040 |
-0.001 |
0.038 |
0.000 |
|
Proximity to a Major Road |
0.065 |
0.002 |
0.003 |
-0.001 |
|
Proximity to a Church |
0.152 |
0.021 |
0.022 |
0.000 |
|
Proximity to a School |
0.031 |
-0.002 |
0.030 |
0.000 |
|
Elevation |
0.004 |
-0.002 |
0.003 |
-0.001 |
|
Soil Type |
0.024 |
-0.002 |
0.024 |
0.000 |
|
Proximity to a Town |
0.034 |
-0.001 |
0.046 |
0.001 |
|
Party Affiliation |
0.138 |
0.017 |
0.143 |
0.001 |
| Slaveholding |
|
R |
r2 |
|
Household Wealth |
0.535 |
0.286 |
|
Farm Value |
0.568 |
0.321 |
|
Proximity to Railroad |
0.007 |
-0.001 |
|
Proximity to a Major Road |
0.048 |
0.001 |
|
Proximity to a Church |
0.052 |
0.002 |
|
Proximity to a School |
0.028 |
0.000 |
|
Elevation |
0.036 |
0.000 |
|
Soil Type |
0.016 |
-0.001 |
|
Proximity to a Town |
0.046 |
0.001 |
|
Party Affiliation |
0.180 |
0.031 |
The data are based on the GIS of Augusta and Franklin households--maps are derived from a D. H. Davison map of Franklin County,
published in 1858, and a Jedediah Hotchkiss map of Augusta County, published in 1870, and based on surveys completed "during
the war." The maps have been georeferenced at the Virginia Center for Digital History, using ESRI Arc Info to produce a Geographic
Information Systems map and database of households based on U.S. census data from the population, agricultural, and slaveowners'
schedules.
Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III
Wealth and Slaveholding Correlations
2001.
Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "In Augusta, almost every group of white people owned property and homes worth more than their counterparts in Franklin, most
of it tied inextricably to slavery."
Citation: Key = E120
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