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Map of Slavery

By Stuart Buck

Via Matthew Yglesias and Edge of the West, here is a map showing the prevalence of slavery in the Southern states in 1861. (Click on the link for a larger version.)What I found fascinating was that -- notwithstanding the Great Migrations of the 20th century -- the map very closely mirrors where blacks tend to live today. Here is a map based on the 1990 census (click for a much larger image): A map based on the 2000 census is here. The similarities are obvious just by considering the fact that both in 1861 and today, most blacks lived in the Black Belt and especially in the Delta region of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Also notable are the absences of blacks in the northern mountainous regions of Arkansas, and of Georgia up through Appalachia...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on January 01, 2008 (boomark / email).