Comparison of Products, Population, and Resources of the Free and Slave States
Broadside, 1861
Welch Bigelow & Company
This abolitionist broadside from the Shrine’s collections compares 28 different issues in “Free” and “Slave” states in the decade before the Civil War, including education, slavery, manufacturing, transportation, and agriculture. Blue lines indicate free states and red lines indicate states with enslaved populations.
