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A map, titled “Historical Geography” and created by John F. Smith (1888), that uses the images of two highly stylized trees superimposed onto a map of the United States to depict the spread and triumph of liberty (in the North) over slavery (in the South) from the founding of the United States through the Civil War.

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Modified link of Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Historical Geography. Sep 20, 2022
Media added. Mar 25, 2013
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Historical Geography. Aug 06, 2010
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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