The Geospatial Legacy of American Apartheid
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Percentage of Enslaved People per County (1860)
Sundown Towns (1870-1970)
White Supremacist Attacks on Black Communities (1824-1974)
Number of Lynchings in County (1870-1950)
Residential Security Maps (1935-1940)
Percentage of Enslaved People per County (1860)
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Enslaved Persons: US Decennial Census 1860, Accessed via Social Explorer.
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