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Cartographic detail in Graham's maps

VirginiaSlavePopMap_Versions

Caption:

Detail of cartographic differences between Henry S. Graham’s three versions of “Map of Virginia : showing the distribution of its slave population from the census of 1860” produced in 1861. Clear non-county border in northwest corner delineates proposed State of Kanawha (later West Virginia). TOP: LCCN 2010586916; MIDDLE: LCCN 2010586922; BOTTOM: LCCN 2010586923. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

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Detail of cartographic differences between Henry S. Graham’s three versions of “Map of Virginia : showing the distribution of its slave population from the census of 1860” produced in 1861. Clear non-county border in northwest corner delineates proposed State of Kanawha (later West Virginia). TOP: LCCN 2010586916; MIDDLE: LCCN 2010586922; BOTTOM: LCCN 2010586923. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

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