The Map That Helped Convince Lincoln Slavery Had To End
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his map, produced by the US Coast Survey in 1861, drew on census reports from 1860 – the last year that the US government collected census data on slaves. The map shows the prevalence of slavery by county, with darker counties representing a higher percentage of slaves and lighter counties a lower percentage.
The map was visual proof of the South’s dependence on slave labor. It also gave the public a way to visualize the variations of slavery throughout the South during the middle of the Civil War. And more importantly, President Abraham Lincoln relied on the map in deciding how to end slavery.
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