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## Distribution of Slaves in 1860

1860 census1870 censusStatistical Atlas of the United StatesFrancis WalkerView Larger [5.5MB PDF] Distribution of the slave population in the South, based on 1860 census results. Originally published in 1861. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.View larger imageFrancis Bicknell Carpenter's 1864 painting, "First Readingof the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln,"depicts the 1860 Slave Distribution Map in the right corner.
**For more information:**
                        - Mapping Slavery in the Nineteenth Century,"  [PDF 121KB] courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Coast Survey.

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