1850 U.S. Free and Slave States Map - Historical Territorial Division #2241996 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white historical map illustrates the political geography of the United States circa 1850, highlighting free states (unshaded), slave states (cross-hatched), and free/slave territories (dotted or shaded). It includes key regions such as the Oregon Country, Spanish possessions in the Southwest, and British possessions in the north, with latitude lines marking the 36°30′ parallel-the Missouri Compromise line. The map reflects the volatile sectional divisions that preceded the Civil War.

Used in educational history content, museum exhibits, or articles about antebellum America, the Compromise of 1850, or westward expansion; serves users researching U.S. slavery geography, territorial disputes, or pre-Civil War politics.