United States History Student Edition

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Percentage of Enslaved People in Total Population, 1860 The percentage of enslaved people living in the South varied among the states.

SECONDARY SOURCE: MAP

Pennsylvania

N.J.

Ohio

Percentage of population enslaved More than 50%

40°N

Maryland

Illinois Indiana

Del.

Kansas Territory

30%–49.9% 10%–29.9% Less than 10% No slaves / no information

Virginia

Missouri

Kentucky

Indian Territory

North Carolina

Tennessee

New Mexico Territory

Arkansas

South Carolina

Alabama

Mississippi

Georgia

Texas

ATLANTIC OCEAN

30°N

Louisiana

90°W

N

Florida

Gulf of Mexico

W

E

0

200 kilometers 200 miles

S

0

Albers Equal-Area Conic projection

SOURCE: IPUMS NHGIS, University of Minnesota, www.nhgis.org

100°W

80°W

EXAMINE THE SOURCE 1. Identifying Locate Louisiana and Missouri. Which state had areas where enslaved people made up more than 50 percent of the population? 2. Inferring Why might the states that had large percentages of enslaved people in their local populations been concerned about the Emancipation Proclamation?

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