The Spread of U.S. Slavery maps the population of slaves at county score inwards the USA from 1790–1860. Using the timeline on the map yous tin laissez passer the sack visualize how slavery spread during the nineteenth century from the eastern seaboard states to the southern states, especially along the Mississippi River valley.
If yous pick out a county on the map yous tin laissez passer the sack persuasion details on the slave population for the selected twelvemonth as well as likewise information almost the per centum of slaves, gratuitous African Americans as well as the gratuitous population. Using the drop-down card at the bottom of the map yous tin laissez passer the sack likewise persuasion choropleth layers on the map showing the density of the slave population as well as information almost gratuitous African Americans as well as the gratuitous population.
Where the spread of U.S. Slavery shows how slavery grew during the nineteenth century Visualizing Emancipation shows how slavery came to an halt during the American Civil War. Visualizing Emancipation allows users to explore as well as notice patterns inwards emancipation through the purpose of contemporary documents as well as master copy sources.
The map calls these patterns of emancipation 'event types' as well as Visualizing Emancipation allows yous to persuasion these patterns inwards whatsoever combination or on their own. The patterns include emancipation effect types leading from the devastation of slavery inwards law, through armed forces activeness as well as through the impetus as well as actions of enslaved people throughout the U.S. South.
As good equally exploring the map past times these patterns of emancipation yous tin laissez passer the sack explore the mapped events using the map's time-line. The time-line allows yous to filter the events displayed on the map past times whatsoever calendar month betwixt 1860 as well as 1865.
Also See:
The Jamaican Slave Revolt Map - mapping Tacky's Rebellion as well as its cruel suppression past times the British Army
The Atlantic Slave Trade inwards Two Minutes - an animated map of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Database.
