- When viewing this map and noting the slave populations in each state, what are your initial reactions to the concentrations of slaves in certain areas? What questions does it bring to your mind?
- How do you think waterways and ports contributed to larger/smaller slave populations?
- What state's slave population is especially surprising to you? Why? What questions arise because of your surprise?
- What can you hypothesize about the economics of each state based on what you see visually on the map?
- Compare this map to the slave trade map that indicates types of crops grown. Use that information to hypothesize the differences in labor force for each crop, size of plantations, numbers of big plantations versus small plantations.
- Click on the individual states to get more census information, county by county, in 1860. Coming soon!
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