1850 U.S. Slavery Map: Free States, Slave States & Territories #2241979 (License: Personal Use)

The map details the United States in 1850, color-coded to distinguish slave states (red), free states (blue), and western territories (green), including Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico. It prominently features the Missouri Compromise line (36°30′ parallel), which prohibited slavery north of that latitude in the Louisiana Purchase lands. Additional annotations include election results for the 1848 presidential race and congressional representation data.

Used in educational history pages, museum exhibits, or Civil War-era resources to illustrate sectional divisions before the Civil War; matches user intent for understanding antebellum U.S. geography, slavery expansion, and political compromises.