A View of the Slave Population of the Several Counties of Missouri, Showing the Whole Number of Slaves in Each County

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Title: A View of the Slave Population of the Several Counties of Missouri, Showing the Whole Number of Slaves in Each County
Creator(s): Leigh, Edwin
Hutawa, Julius
Date: 1862
Content Type: map
Subject(s): Counties
Slavery
Geographic Area: Missouri
Time Period: 1860-1869
Description: This map by Leigh shows visually that Missouri was not split over slavery north to south or east to west, from 1820 and before, slavery followed the Missouri River valley and rich agricultural and industrial heartland of the state out of St. Louis, straight to Kansas City.
Note: From Bird's-eye Views of Slavery in Missouri / by E. Leigh, M.D. St. Louis: Woods et al, 1862.
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Classification: UMSL MERC RARE AFRICAN AMERICAN E445 .M67 L45 1862
Owner: St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis