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DESCRIPTORS AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY SLAVES AND INDENTURED SERVANTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1700-1850 (ICPSR 9721) Principal Investigator University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of History First ICPSR Release 1992 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research P.O. Box 1248 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 [Hard copy documentation transformed into machine-readable text utilizing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Scanning, March 1992] 1 1 BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Publications based on ICPSR data collections should acknowledge those sources by means of bibliographic citations. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for social science bibliographic utilities, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: Komlos, John. DESCRIPTORS AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY SLAVES AND INDENTURED SERVANTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1700-1850 [Computer file]. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of History [producer], 1989. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON USE OF ICPSR RESOURCES To provide funding agencies with essential information about use of archival resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about ICPSR participants' research activities, users of ICPSR data are requested to send to ICPSR bibliographic citations for each completed manuscript or thesis abstract. Please indicate in a cover letter which data were used. DATA DISCLAIMER The original collector of the data, ICPSR, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for uses of this collection or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses. 1 1 DATA COLLECTION DESCRIPTION John Komlos DESCRIPTORS AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY SLAVES AND INDEN SERVANTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1700-1850 (ICPSR 9721) SUMMARY: The purpose of this data collection was to provide data on the h of slaves and indentured servants in the colonial and antebellum perio United States history. Data were taken from newspaper advertisements descr the runaways. Variables include the state of the newspaper in which advertisement was listed, the year of the advertisement, the last and names of the runaway slave or indentured servant, race, sex, age, height, of birth, legal status (convict or in jail at time of advertisem profession, and knowledge of the English language. CLASS IV EXTENT OF COLLECTION: 4 data files + SPSS Control Cards + machine-rea documentation (text) EXTENT OF PROCESSING: BLANKS/ NONNUM/ MDATA DATA FORMAT: Logical Record Length with SPSS Control Cards Part 1: Runaway Slave Part 2: Runaway Slave Height Measurements Height Descriptors File Structure: rectangular File Structure: rectangular Cases: 11,879 Cases: 1,640 Variables: 14 Variables: 15 Record Length: 68 Record Length: 89 Records Per Case: 1 Records Per Case: 1 Part 3: Runaway Indentured Part 4: Runaway Indentured Servant Height Measurements Servant Height Descriptors File Structure: rectangular File Structure: rectangular Cases: 14,172 Cases: 1,245 Variables: 14 Variables: 15 Record Length: 67 Record Length: 81 Records Per Case: 1 Records Per Case: 1 Part 5: Codebook for All Parts Record Length: 80 1 1 ICPSR 9721 Page CODEBOOK FOR RUNAWAY SLAVE HEIGHTS FROM COLONIAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS SPSS VARIABLE NAME VARIABLE VALUES OR AND POSITION EXPLANATION STATE 1-2 STATE OF NEWSPAPER IN USES STANDARD POST WHICH ADVERTISEMENT WAS OFFICE STATE LOCATED ABBREVIATIONS YEAR 3-6 YEAR OF ADVERTISEMENT LNAME 7-15 LAST NAME OF RUNAWAY FNAME 22-30 FIRST NAME OF RUNAWAY RACE 42 RACE OF RUNAWAY W = WHITE (NA) B = BLACK I = INDIAN M = MULATTO SEX 43 SEX OF RUNAWAY M = MALE F = FEMALE W = FEMALE XVAR 44 EXTRA VARIABLE NA AGE 45-46 AGE OF RUNAWAY AGE IN YEARS FEET 49 HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY USED IN CALCULATION IN FEET OF HEIGHT (IN INCHES) INCHES 50-53 HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY IN USED IN CALCULATION INCHES OF HEIGHT (IN INCHES) BPLACE 56-61 PLACE OF BIRTH AS RECORDED, SEE RECODE STATEMENTS FOR SUMMARIES IJ 64-65 LEGAL STATUS CO = CONVICT SERVANT (NA) IJ = IN JAIL AT TIME OF ADVERTISEMENT 1 Page 2 ICPSR CODEBOOK FOR RUNAWAY SLAVE HEIGHTS FROM COLONIAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS (CONTINUED) [1]PROF [2]66 [3]PROFESSION [4]0 = MISSING DATA [5]1 =[6] MENTION 2 = APPRENTICE 3 = SOLDIER 4 = SAILOR 5 = FARMER 6 = RUNAWAY FROM SHIP 7 = THIEF 9 = MISSING PERSON LANGUAGE 67 LANGUAGE (KNOWLEDGE 0 = MISSING DATA OF ENGLISH) 1 = SPEAKS 2 = BROKEN/WITH ACCENT 3 = LITTLE 4 = NONE *NA = NOT APPLICABLE 1 ICPSR 9721 Page CODEBOOK FOR RUNAWAY SLAVE HEIGHT DESCRIPTORS FROM COLONIAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS SPSS VARIABLE NAME VARIABLE VALUES OR AND POSITIONS EXPLANATION STATE 1-2 STATE OF NEWSPAPER IN USES STANDARD POST WHICH ADVERTISEMENT WAS OFFICE STATE LOCATED ABBREVIATIONS YEAR 3-6 YEAR OF ADVERTISEMENT LNAME 7-21 LAST NAME OF RUNAWAY FNAME 22-40 FIRST NAME OF RUNAWAY RACE 42 RACE OF RUNAWAY W = WHITE (NA) B = BLACK I = INDIAN M = MULATTO SEX 43 SEX OF RUNAWAY M = MALE F = FEMALE W = FEMALE AGE 45-46 AGE OF RUNAWAY AGE IN YEARS FEET 49 HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY USED IN CALCULATION IN FEET OF HEIGHT (IN INCHES) INCHES 50-53 HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY IN USED IN CALCULATION INCHES OF HEIGHT (IN INCHES) PBIRTH 54-61 PLACE OF BIRTH AS RECORDED, SEE RECODE STATEMENTS FOR SUMMARIES CO 64-65 LEGAL STATUS CO = CONVICT SERVANT (NA) IJ = IN JAIL AT TIME OF ADVERTISEMENT 1 Page 4 ICPSR CODEBOOK FOR RUNAWAY SLAVE HEIGHT DESCRIPTORS FROM COLONIAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS (CONTINUED) P 66 PROFESSION 0 = MISSING DATA 1 = MENTION 2 = APPRENTICE 3 = SOLDIER 4 = SAILOR 5 = FARMER 6 = RUNAWAY FROM SHIP 7 = THIEF 9 = MISSING PERSON L 67 LANGUAGE (KNOWLEDGE 0 = MISSING DATA OF ENGLISH) 1 = SPEAKS 2 = BROKEN/WITH ACCENT 3 = LITTLE 4 = NONE HEIGHT 68-73 DESCRIPTOR OF HEIGHT SEE RECODES FOR OF RUNAWAY SLAVE SUMMARIES WEIGHT 74-81 DESCRIPTOR OF WEIGHT SEE RECODES FOR OF RUNAWAY SLAVE SUMMARIES *NA = NOT APPLICABLE 1 ICPSR 9721 Page CODEBOOK FOR RUNAWAY INDENTURED SERVANT HEIGHTS FROM COLONIAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS SPSS VARIABLE NAME VARIABLE VALUES OR AND POSITION EXPLANATION STATE 1-2 STATE OF NEWSPAPER IN USES STANDARD POST WHICH ADVERTISEMENT WAS OFFICE STATE LOCATED ABBREVIATIONS YEAR 3-6 YEAR OF ADVERTISEMENT LNAME 7-15 LAST NAME OF RUNAWAY FNAME 22-30 FIRST NAME OF RUNAWAY RACE 42 RACE OF RUNAWAY W = WHITE B = BLACK I = INDIAN M = MULATTO SEX 43 SEX OF RUNAWAY M = MALE F = FEMALE W = FEMALE XVAR 44 EXTRA VARIABLE NA AGE 45-46 AGE OF RUNAWAY AGE IN YEARS FEET 49 HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY USED IN CALCULATION IN FEET OF HEIGHT (IN INCHES) INCHES 50-53 HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY IN USED IN CALCULATION INCHES OF HEIGHT (IN INCHES) BPLACE 54-61 PLACE OF BIRTH AS RECORDED, SEE RECODE STATEMENTS FOR SUMMARIES IJ 64-65 LEGAL STATUS CO = CONVICT SERVANT IJ = IN JAIL AT TIME OF ADVERTISEMENT 1 Page 6 ICPSR CODEBOOK FOR RUNAWAY INDENTURED SERVANT HEIGHTS FROM COLONIAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS (CONTINUED) PROF 66 PROFESSION 0 = MISSING DATA 1 = MENTION 2 = APPRENTICE 3 = SOLDIER 4 = SAILOR 5 = FARMER 6 = RUNAWAY FROM SHIP 7 = THIEF 9= MISSING PERSON LANGUAGE 67 LANGUAGE (KNOWLEDGE 0 = MISSING DATA OF ENGLISH) 1 = SPEAKS 2 = BROKEN/WITH ACCENT 3 = LITTLE 4 = NONE 1 ICPSR 9721 Page CODEBOOK FOR RUNAWAY INDENTURED SERVANT HEIGHT DESCRIPTORS FROM COLONIAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS SPSS VARIABLE NAME VARIABLE VALUES OR AND POSITION EXPLANATION STATE 1-2 STATE OF NEWSPAPER IN USES STANDARD POST WHICH ADVERTISEMENT WAS OFFICE STATE LOCATED ABBREVIATIONS YEAR 3-6 YEAR OF ADVERTISEMENT LNAME 7-21 LAST NAME OF RUNAWAY FNAME 22-40 FIRST NAME OF RUNAWAY RACE 42 RACE OF RUNAWAY W = WHITE B = BLACK I = INDIAN M = MULATTO SEX 43 SEX OF RUNAWAY M = MALE F = FEMALE W = FEMALE AGE 45-46 AGE OF RUNAWAY AGE IN YEARS FEET 49 HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY USED IN CALCULATION IN FEET OF HEIGHT (IN INCHES) ACT-INCHES HEIGHT OF RUNAWAY IN USED IN CALCULATION 50-53 INCHES OF HEIGHT (IN INCHES) PBIRTH 54-61 PLACE OF BIRTH AS RECORDED, SEE RECODE STATEMENTS FOR SUMMARIES CO 64 -6 5 LEGAL STATUS CO = CONVICT SERVANT IJ = IN JAIL AT TIME OF ADVERTISEMENT 1 Page 8 ICPSR CODEBOOK FOR RUNAWAY INDENTURED SERVANT HEIGHT DESCRIPTORS FROM COLONIAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS (CONTINUED) P 66 PROFESSION 0 = MISSING DATA 1 = MENTION 2 = APPRENTICE 3 = SOLDIER 4 = SAILOR 5 = FARMER 6 = RUNAWAY FROM SHIP 7 = THIEF 9 = MISSING PERSON L 67 LANGUAGE (KNOWLEDGE 0 = MISSING DATA OF ENGLISH) 1 = SPEAKS 2 = BROKEN/WITH ACCENT 3 = LITTLE 4 = NONE HEIGHT 68-73 DESCRIPTOR OF HEIGHT SEE RECODES FOR OF RUNAWAY SERVANT SUMMARIES WEIGHT 74-81 DESCRIPTOR OF WEIGHT SEE RECODES FOR OF RUNAWAY SERVANT SUMMARIES