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Senatorial Districts Map
Senatorial Districts Map
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Both Will Save Your Life
Both Will Save Your Life
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Slavery in the District of Columbia
Slavery in the District of Columbia
Slave Population of the Southern States
Slave Population of the Southern States
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Apportionment of Representatives
Apportionment of Representatives
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Anthony Burns
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Representative Government
Slavery
Two uniformed firefighters stand side by side above text arguing that Washington, DC residents pay federal taxes and risk their lives but lack voting representation in Congress.
2006
Both Will Save Your Life
A hand-colored map of Massachusetts divided into numbered districts (6, 10, 11, 4, 8, 2, 9, 7) shaded in pink, yellow, and purple, with county and town names labeled throughout.
1876
Senatorial Districts Map
Senate bill S. 209 from the 27th Congress, 1842, titled "A Bill for the apportionment of Representatives among the several States according to the sixth census," with printed legislative history notes above the text.
1842
Apportionment of Representatives
Representative Government
Engraved portrait of a man with short cropped hair, wearing a dark coat, vest, and bow tie, set against a textured background.
1855
Anthony Burns
A sepia-toned county map showing irregular shaded regions of varying darkness, with numerous county names and borders labeled across the landscape.
1861
Slave Population of the Southern States
Cropped text fragment from a historical document referencing "the authority of Congress," "more than," "SLAVES" in capital letters, "the authority," and "carried on in the."
1849
Slavery in the District of Columbia
Slavery
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