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Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence

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  • Logan, Trevon D.

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This paper provides the first evidence of the effect of tax policy on violent attacks against Black politicians. I find a positive effect of local tax revenue on subsequent violence against Black politicians. A dollar increase in per capita county taxes in 1870 increased the likelihood of a violent attack by more than 25 percent. The result is robust to controls for numerous economic, historical, and political factors. I also find counties where Black officeholders were attacked have the largest tax reversions. This provides the first quantitative evidence that Reconstruction political violence was specifically related to Black political efficacy.

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  • Logan, Trevon D., 2023. "Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 83(2), pages 538-571, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:83:y:2023:i:2:p:538-571_7
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    1. James J. Feigenbaum & Soumyajit Mazumder & Cory B. Smith, 2020. "When Coercive Economies Fail: The Political Economy of the US South After the Boll Weevil," NBER Working Papers 27161, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Jung, Yeonha, 2025. "Slavery and collectivism in the postbellum American South," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(2), pages 534-558.
    3. Dania V. Francis & Samuel L. Myers Jr., 2026. "Stratification Economics: The Intellectual Tradition," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Race and Stratification, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
    • N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
    • N90 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics
    • R51 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Finance in Urban and Rural Economies

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