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Investigating change over time, these images and animations show how African-Americans moved, voted, and redefined their communities over many decades or in a single moment.

Over a period of 150 years, abolitionists advocated for the emancipation of slaves. This map visualizes the growth of influential abolitionists, from Charles V until the end of the Civil War.

• Thomas Clarkson's Abolition Map

These analytical materials investigate how African Americans experienced emancipation and interacted over several decades.

• Social Network Map
• Black Population
• Language Counts
• Contemporary Views on Emancipation
• Cohabitation Map

Change within local black communities and large political structures occured rapidly at times, as African Americans struggled to redefine their place in the emancipated era. These maps show snapshots of black living and voting.

• Augusta County Maps
• Black Electoral Politics