“slave maps.” When Southern states began to secede in 1860 and 1861, Union forces invaded Virginia to try to beat back the secessionists. But where should they concentrate their force ...

This map, made by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1861 using census data from 1860, shows the relative prevalence of slavery in Southern counties that year. (Click on the image or on this link to arrive ...

In the thirty years leading up to the Civil War, tensions in the country mounted over the issue of slavery. By 1830, there were more than 2 million slaves in the United States, worth over a ...

FERNANDO PO, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 1861. The news from the Bight of Benin ... Mr. CAVALLO, the agent of her and others, is the principal shipper of slaves at Whydah, and the great care and accuracy ...