The U.S. Coast Survey map calculated the number of slaves in each county in the United States in 1860. Library of Congress In September of 1861, the U.S. Coast Survey published a large map ...

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...

Map of US claims to show areas most at risk of being targeted in nuclear war. New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC highlighted on map ...

According to the census of 1860, the total population in Texas was counted at 602,432 and 30 percent of that were slaves, totaling 180,682 enslaved people. The remaining 421,750 were counted as ...

Editor's note: Please see our updated and expanded coverage of this topic published in June 2025. On April 2, 2024, the claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" went viral on X ...

now being completed at the Land Office, exhibit the following statistics of manufacture of carpets in 1860: Total value of product in the New England States was $3,352,938 against $2,919,783 in ...

The spread of US slavery, in one haunting map. by German Lopez. Mar 26, 2016, 3:00 PM UTC. Jonathan Moore/Getty Images. By 1860, ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The citizens of the United States have elected 44 presidents in 57 elections since the Constitution was adopted in 1789. Since the Civil War, presidential contests ...

Built in 1860, this majestic castle was once a luxury hotel for Europe’s elite. Today, it stands forgotten, overtaken by nature and time. We explore its grand staircases, faded ballrooms, and ...

The U.S. Coast Survey map calculated the number of slaves in each county in the United States in 1860. Library of Congress In September of 1861, the U.S. Coast Survey published a large map ...