Monday, December 13, 2010

Fascinating Story of 1860 Map

In 1860 the US Coastal Survey created "Map showing the Slave Population of the Southern States of the US." History professor Susan Schulten discusses the map and its importance to the Civil War in this NYTimes article "Visualizing Slavery."

View the map (zoom in) alone on the NOAA historical maps and chart page.

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