Scroll past the map for descriptions of each ... Graceland Cemetery, established in 1860, became the final resting place of many Underground Railroad conductors, freedom seekers and abolitionists.

WASHINGTON CITY, March 23, 1860. To Hon. R.E. Fenton, of the Pacific Railroad Committee ... bill and pamphlet to which you refer, and on the map drawn under my direction, and now before your ...

including railroad companies, could benefit from slavery as well, Schermerhorn said. The claim that only 1.6% of U.S. citizens owned slaves in 1860 is MISSING CONTEXT, based on our research.

Below is a map from the 1860 U.S. Census showing slave population in Missouri. Surprisingly, perhaps, the biggest concentration of slaves wasn't in the southern part of the state but, instead ...

POUGHKEEPISE, Monday, Jan. 23, 1860. To the Editor of the New-York Times: Having twice had my own life endangered by accidents on the Hudson River Railroad, and having now had a sister (most ...

A map from the Library of Congress breaks down the percentage of the slave population in Southern states, according to census data from 1860. Harris County is a light gray, whereas the ...