2015-11-19 - Stamen

Previewing American Panorama at Stamen studios in SF.

Assumptions about slavery. Using an average birth rate. Determine rates above average are slaves.

Hexbins allow to see consistent spatial patterns. Can click to unveil the data for county level.

Scatter plot: showing low to high density on X; in migration to outmigration on y.

“Generational trauma” – kids at 15-25 being sold to other parts of the South

Scatter plot showing the churn of counties.

Looking at the broad patterns, the adding the qualitative stories through narratives.