Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Slavery has left an everlasting scar on the map of the United States. Let's explore how it shaped our map and explain why the South seceded in the first place.

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Photo Credits -
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Cotton_gin_EWM_2007.jpg
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Cotton_gin_harpers.jpg
cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Fallout-4-Far-Harbor-Art.jpg
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commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DC_satellite_image.jpg#/media/File:Dc_satellite_image.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_retrocession#/media/File:Map_of_the_District_of_Columbia,_1835.jpg
thelastgreatstand-older.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Guns-4.jpg
Maps were created by myself. Resource icons were from Civilization 6.

Video Credits -
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Continue to Next Level? - exurb1a - youtu.be/CdUCndZfEzQ
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Music Credits -
"Furious Freak" and "Daily Beetle (Edited)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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