- American Panorama: “The Forced Migration of Enslaved People in the United States, 1810-1860.” This week we will be using the “Data” tab on the top right side of the screen for information on Immigrations and Outmigration
http://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/forcedmigration/#tab=1&narratives=true&cotton=t
rue&sugar=true&labels=false&decade=1810&narrative=113&loc=5/-9.601/12.788 - Map Showing the Distribution of the Slave Population of the Southern States of the
United States, Compiled from the Census of 1860:
https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/image=CWSLAVE
(Click on the “Download Map/Chart” link to get an interactive jpg on your laptop that
you can zoom in on any area of the map) - PDF of Mapping Slavery in the Nineteenth Century (included at the end of this doc)
Activity 1:
Using the Data for Inmigrations/Outmigrations between 1810-1850s, describe the major
migration patterns over this 50-year time period. Identify the two states with the largest
outmigration and three states with the largest inmigration and offer an explanation for how
and why this is significant. How do the Inmigration/Outmigration patterns change over time?
You answers to these questions must be full and complete. This is the final week of the
academic semester- demonstrate that you comprehend the material.
Activity 2:
Using the “Map Showing the Distribution of the Slave Population of the Southern States of the
United States, Compiled from the Census of 1860” and the corresponding PDF, answer the
following questions with complete sentences.
- What population density patterns do you see on the map and how do these correspond
to or conflict with what you already know about slavery prior to and during the Civil
War? - Do you think the mapmakers were Union or Confederacy supporters? List the evidence
to support your position. - What does the map allow readers to visualize that numerical data alone cannot offer?
- How does the map capture the complexity of the institution of slavery?
- In what ways could President Abraham Lincoln and Union military generals use this map
as a resource in Civil War planning? - In what ways is this map is a propaganda tool? In what ways is it a practical instrument
of military policy? - Used “moral statistics” to “affect political change.” What does this mean and how does the map accomplish these goals?