There is slavery throughout the States. by jte2083

Slavery In America Map. Map depicting density of slavery in theUSA in 1790. Shows chief slave states as Virginia and the Abraham Lincoln consulted it throughout the Civil War. Slavery was perhaps the most volatile issue facing the new nation

Four hundred years ago the first slave ship docked on North American shores, launching a chapter of the trans-Atlantic trade that saw more than 12.5 million people kidnapped from Africa and sold. His inspiration begins with the 1861 Coast Survey map of slavery, which identified the ratio of slave to the total population at the county level, based on the 1860 census data.

Map depicting density of slavery in theUSA in 1790. Shows chief slave states as Virginia and the

The map of slavery was one of many thematic maps produced in the nineteenth century United States The American Anti-Slavery Society (1833) Founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan, it advocated for the immediate abolition of slavery. As Susan Schulten has shown, this particular map was used by the federal government during the Civil War, and it was a favorite of Abraham Lincoln's

Freedom States and Slavery States. Lincoln Mullen, an assistant professor of history and art history at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, has developed an interactive map that documents the spread of slavery in the United States from 1790 to 1860. The Coast Survey map of slavery was one of many maps drawn from data produced in 19th-century America.

General map of the United States, showing the area and extent of the free & slaveholding states. Mullen created a map which shows how many slaves and free persons of color there were in each county in the United States at the time. His inspiration begins with the 1861 Coast Survey map of slavery, which identified the ratio of slave to the total population at the county level, based on the 1860 census data.