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Map Showing The Distribution Of The Slave Population Of The Southern States
Hergesheimer, Edwin
Map Showing The Distrib...
1861
10166.000
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[Hergesheimer, Edwin, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey]
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Map Showing The Distribution Of The Slave Population Of The Southern States Of The United States Compiled from the Census Of 1860.
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10166.000
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"Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1861 by Henry S. Graham." "Sold for the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers of the U.S. Army." "Census Office, Department of the Interior, Washington, Sept. 9th, 1861. After a careful examination of the above very interesting map I am prepared to state that it not only furnishes the evidences of great care in its execution, but can be relied on as corresponding with the official returns of the 8th Census. [Signed in facsimile] Jos. C.G. Kennedy, Superintendent." Map indicates by gray patterns, the percentage of slaves in each county. "It should be observed, that several counties appear comparatively light. This arises from the preponderance of whites and free blacks in the large towns in those counties. . The figures in each county represent the percentage of slaves." "Scale of shade" printed in lower right corner. Includes population table based on census of 1860. Susan Schulten "The 1860 Census was the last time the federal government took a count of the South’s vast slave population. Several months later, the United States Coast Survey—arguably the most important scientific agency in the nation at the time—issued two maps of slavery that drew on the Census data, the first of Virginia and the second of Southern states as a whole. Though many Americans knew that dependence on slave labor varied throughout the South, these maps uniquely captured the complexity of the institution and struck a chord with a public hungry for information about the rebellion. The map uses what was then a new technique in statistical cartography: Each county not only displays its slave population numerically, but is shaded (the darker the shading, the higher the number of slaves) to visualize the concentration of slavery across the region. The counties along the Mississippi River and in coastal South Carolina are almost black, while Kentucky and the Appalachians are nearly white." .
Frederick County Maryland
Hergesheimer, Edwin
Frederick County Maryla...
1861
3840.000
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Hergesheimer, Edwin
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Frederick County Maryland Prepared under the direction of Lieut. Col. J.N. Macomb Chf. Topl Engr for the use of Maj. Gen. G.B. McClellan Commanding U.S. Army 1861.
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3840.000
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Contemporary photocopy by the Coast Survey. This issue is slightly smaller than the Stephenson LOC copy and the title is shorter, without mentioning Hergesheimer. The river is colored blue and the larger towns are colored red. Above the title in ms is "No. 41." Stephenson's copy has No. 7 above the title. These numbers probably indicate the number of copies that were made of the map. See similar maps by Hergesheimer of Washington County, Maryland, and Loudon County, Virginia.
Washington County Maryland
Hergesheimer, Edwin
Washington County Maryl...
1861
3842.000
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Hergesheimer, Edwin
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Washington County Maryland Compiled under the direction of Lieut. Col. J.N. Macomb Chf. Topl Engr for the use of Maj. Gen. Geo.B. McClellan Commanding Army of Potomac 1861. Drawn from Thomas Taggart's map by E. Hergesheimer, Photographs by G. Mathiot & D. Hinkle by permission of Prof. Bache Supt U.S. Coast Survey.
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3842.000
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Contemporary photographic copy, without color Similar to the Frederick County map by Hergesheimer. This adds the note at the top "Drawn from Thomas Taggart's map..." No. 43 in ms above the title. Relief shown by hachures.
Loudon County Virginia
Hergesheimer, Edwin
Loudon County Virginia
1861
3843.000
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Hergesheimer, Edwin
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Loudon County Virginia Compiled under the direction of Lieut. Col. J.N. Macomb Chf. Topl Engr for the use of Maj. Gen. Geo.B. McClellan Commanding Army of Potomac 1861. Drawn from R.P. Smith's map by E. Hergesheimer, Photographs by G. Mathiot & D. Hinkle by permission of Prof. Bache Supt U.S. Coast Survey.
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3843.000
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Contemporary photographic copy. Similar to the Frederick County and Washington County maps by Hergesheimer. This adds under the title "Drawn from R.P. Smith's map by E. Hergesheimer..." No. 24 is in ms above the title. Map is without color. Relief shown by hachures.
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