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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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Hergesheimer, Edwin
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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Date:
1861
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Short Title:
Map Showing The Distribution Of The Slave Population Of The Southern States
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Map Showing The Distribution Of The Slave Population Of The Southern States
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Henry S. Graham
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Washington, D.C.
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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." .
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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." .
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Susan Schulten https://opinionator…
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Susan Schulten https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/visualizing-slavery/
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Unted States
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Subject:
Data Visualization
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Thematic
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Full Title:
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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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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Engraver or Printer:
Leonhardt, Th.
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Leonhardt, Th.
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Publication Author:
Hergesheimer, Edwin
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Publication Author:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Pub Date:
1861
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1861
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Pub Title:
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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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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Pub Reference:
Interactive version of this map by Susan Schulten http://www.nytimes.…
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Interactive version of this map by Susan Schulten http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/10/opinion/20101210_Disunion_SlaveryMap.html
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Pub List No:
10166.000
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Pub Type:
Separate Map
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Pub Height cm:
70
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86
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Authors:
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