Map of the free African-American % of the population in 1860 by…

Map of the free African-American % of the population in 1860 by County. 1.5% of the population of the US was made up of free African-Americans in 1860 (Census was 85.7% White and 12.6% enslaved persons) Green are counties with above-average (>1.5%) Free Black %, yellow below avg.

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