Map of Ads

Explore the advertisements by scrolling over this map to see the locations of those searching for family and the locations of where those being sought were thought to have been.

  • Person placing the ad
  • Possible location of lost family or friend

Historic Maps of the Domestic Slave Trade

Maps 1 and 2 illustrate the forced migration of enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South and Southwest. Based on census statistics, these maps show how the Domestic Slave Trade contributed to and resulted from westward expansion. Map 3 illustrates the movement of enslaved people to slave markets in the Deep South and Southwest. The cities shown were major trading hubs, but enslaved people might be sold at any point on the way south.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "The domestic slave trade, 1790-1799" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "The domestic slave trade, 1820-1829" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "The Domestic Slave Trade 1808-1865" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005.