While the records assembled by Probing the Past, I came across the probate records of a man by the name of Benjamin Harrison of Charles City County, Virginia who passed away in 1791. I found his records to be interesting due to the fact that almost all of the items listed under his possessions were in fact not items at all – they were all slaves. This large slave population at the hands of Harrison provides me the perfect opportunity to make point about how the same data can be portrayed and compared/contrasted in a variety of ways (even when using the same type of chart), all depending on what argument you are trying to make. Below, you will find 3 pie charts all generated from this single record:
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