Union Army Slave Appraisal Records from Mississippi, 1863-1865 (ICPSR 9427)
Version Date: Feb 17, 1992 View help for published
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Robert A. Margo
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09427.v1
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This data collection, designed to study conditions of slave life, contains information on contrabands and runaways. Information is provided regarding the county where the appraisal was conducted, date of appraisal, name, age, eye and face color, weight, height, sex, and appraised value of the slave in dollars.
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All slaves who appeared in a set of appraisal records for Civil War Mississippi.
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Union Army Slave Appraisal Records from Mississippi
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1991-10-23
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- Margo, Robert A. UNION ARMY SLAVE APPRAISAL RECORDS FROM MISSISSIPPI, 1863-1865. Cambridge, MA: Robert A. Margo, Harvard University [producer], 1979. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09427.v1
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