The Differences Slavery Made: A Close Analysis of Two American Communities

Franklin County, Pa., Elevation

This map of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, shows the elevation of the county. Residents occupied dwellings at nearly every elevation.

The map is derived from a D. H. Davison map of Franklin County, published in 1858. The Davison map has been georeferenced at the Virginia Center for Digital History, using ESRI Arc Info to produce a Geographic Information Systems map and database of households.

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Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III
Franklin County, Pa., Elevation
2001

Points of Analysis to this Data:

"Slaveholders in Augusta did not monopolize the best soil nor did they crowd out nonslaveholders or small slaveholders."


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