SCOPE:
Organized according to geographic territory encompassed, these pages contain materials that portray the emancipation experience on the transnational, national, regional, local, and individual levels. These primary sources show how diverse areas addressed the issue of emancipation as well as how African Americans operated within a newly defined society.

Around the world, abolitionists advocated for the emancipation of slaves. This map visualizes the emergence of influential abolitionists across the Atlantic and from the reign of Charles the V to the American Revolution.

• Thomas Clarkson's Abolition Map

Emancipation affected societal structures across the United States. These sources reveal African American migration patterns in addition to their various experiences with emanciption throughout the nation.

• Black Population
• Language Counts
• Contemporary Views on Emancipation

Within Augusta County, African Americans formed their own communities. These maps illustrate how they voted and lived within Augusta County.

• Black Electoral Politics
• Cohabitation Map

African Americans created their own social networks to operate within the larger white community. This map reveals their daily interactions within the community.

• Social Network Map

Focusing on the individual African American experience, these maps locate and analzye where blacks lived in Augusta County.

• Augusta County Maps
• Social Network Map