This project is my attempt to map the 1790 Charleston census that was initially turned into a datset by Dr. Emma Hart (UPenn, MCEAS). This embedded map is a product of a Leventhal Map and Education Center Small Grant for Early Career Digital Publications (2025-2026). Below is 89% of the census data (over 1600 inhabitants) mapped onto (1) contemporary geographic data and (2) a 1788 Plan of Charleston by E. Petrie. This work was completed using ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online.
I would like to thank the Leventhal Map and Education Center and Dr. Hart for their collaboration, feedback, and funding. For more information on the experience of making this map, please visit this blog post: [Link TBD]
Please check back soon for a full methodology on this draft of LCC.
Note: While the concentration or density, of inhabitants is not accurately shown on this map, their relationship to their immediate neighbors on the same street or adjoining streets is not lost in how these points are presented on the map.
Key
FWM > 16 = Free White Man over the age of 16
FWM < 16 = Free White Man under the age of 16
FWW = Free White Woman
FP = Free Person of color
Enslaved = Number of enslaved people in the 1790 census
Total Enslaved = Number of enslaved in another inventory (taken at another time)