Enslaved Population in Virginia in 1860

Enslaved Population in Virginia in 1860

The number of enslaved people in Virginia on the eve of the Civil War is detailed in this map based on the U.S. Census figures of 1860, which was the last official count of enslaved African Americans in the United States. The map, created by the United States Coast Survey, made use of shading to indicate the density of the slave population in each county—the darker the county, the more enslaved people it contained. A breakdown of the precise numbers of whites and enslaved people in each county, as well as the percentage of the population that was enslaved, is shown in the table.