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Description & Citation--Study No. 3422

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

3422

Title:

Height of Free African Americans in Maryland, 1800-1864

Principal Investigator(s):

Komlos, John

Bibliographic Citation:

Komlos, John. HEIGHT OF FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MARYLAND, 1800-1864. ICPSR03422-v1. Munich, Germany: John Komlos, University of Munich, Dept. of Economics [producer], 2002. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03422.v1

Scope of Study

Summary:

This data collection was designed to ascertain the nutritional status of free African Americans in Maryland during the early to mid-19th century. These data supply information on the person's age, sex, year of birth, height, county of birth, county of residence (where the Certificate of Freedom was granted), complexion, and whether the person was born free or was manumitted after birth. In some cases, the county in which the person grew up is also documented.

Subject Terms:

African Americans, body height, demographic characteristics, ex-slaves, nineteenth century, nutrition, physical characteristics

Geographic Coverage:

Maryland, United States

Time Period:
  • 1800--1864

Date of Collection:
  • 1988

Universe:

Free African Americans in Maryland from 1800-1864.

Data Types:

administrative records data

Data Collection Notes:

The data contain alphabetic characters.

Methodology

Sample:

Maryland State Archives, Certificates of Freedom from 1800-1864.

Data Source:

Maryland State Archives, Certificates of Freedom

Access and Availability

Note:

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

2002-05-31

Version History:

  • 2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions.