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The following are periodic significant updates to the “Plantation” Atlas. Below are state-by-state statuses of the comprehensive, Redacted Heritage Audits (TM) of each state’s former “plantations,” i.e., forced-labor camps. This project is a continual work in progress. Therefore, statuses are either:

  • “Substantially Complete,” meaning enough data has been collected to move on to other states, or

  • “Incomplete,” meaning there is a substantial amount of data missing, or “null” data fields.

“Null,” represented by the white push pin on the map and in the Atlas tables and filters, indicates that the data analyst has not obtained data for that “plantation” site.

  • Number of states in the atlas: 28

    Number of “plantations”: 1,296

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    Number of states in the Atlas: 28

    Comprehensive Redacted Heritage Audits:

    • Illinois

    • Arkansas

Substantially Complete Audits

  • Illinois

    19June2026.

    Substantially Complete.

    Number of “Plantations”: 4

  • Arkansas

    19June2026.

    Substantially Complete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 9

Incomplete Audits

  • Alabama

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 149

  • Connecticut

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “plantations”= 10

  • Delaware

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 26

  • District of Columbia

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 2

  • Florida

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 24

  • Georgia

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 73

  • Kentucky

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 74

  • Louisiana

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 171

  • Maine

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 5

  • Maryland

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 33

  • Massachusetts

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 5

  • Mississippi

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 92

  • Missouri

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 8

  • New Hampshire

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 4

  • New Jersey

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 10

  • New York

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 32

  • North Carolina

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 131

  • Ohio

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 2

  • Oklahoma

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 1

  • Pennsylvania

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 9

  • Rhode Island

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 8

  • South Carolina

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 109

  • Tennesse

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 45

  • Texas

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 23

  • Virginia

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 179

  • West Virginia

    3July2026.

    Incomplete.

    Number of “Plantations”= 58

Why is the word “Plantation” in quotation marks?

The quotation marks acknowledge that “plantation” is not the best term to describe these historic heritage sites.

The quotation marks acknowledge that the word “plantation” is a euphemism, a type of redacted language, a stand-in for words that more appropriately describe the violent history that took place at these historic heritage sites: forced labor camps, and in some cases, forced death camps (see the sugar plantations).

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