A Map of American Slavery - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

A Map of American Slavery - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

A Map of American Slavery

One of the most important maps of the Civil War was also one of the most visually striking: the United States Coast Survey’s map of the slaveholding states, which clearly illustrates the varying concentrations of slaves across the South. Abraham Lincoln loved the map and consulted it often; it even appears in a famous 1864 painting of the president and his cabinet. Related Article in Disunion » PDF of the Map »

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