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  • The Cartography of Slavery and the Authority of Statistics
Figure 4. Reynolds's Political Map of the United States (1856) used both statistics and geography to project the growth of slavery into the West. Maps such as this were used in John Frémont's campaign of 1856. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
Figure 4.

Reynolds's Political Map of the United States (1856) used both statistics and geography to project the growth of slavery into the West. Maps such as this were used in John Frémont's campaign of 1856. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

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