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      Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence

      The Journal of Economic History
      Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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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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                Journal
                The Journal of Economic History
                J. Econ. Hist.
                Cambridge University Press (CUP)
                0022-0507
                1471-6372
                June 2023
                March 28 2023
                June 2023
                : 83
                : 2
                : 538-571
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                10.1017/S0022050723000050
                46b21813-bb89-4f7e-b13a-f4308898fbdd
                © 2023

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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