Union Army Slave Appraisal Records from Mississippi, 1863-1865 (ICPSR 9427)

Published: Feb 17, 1992

Principal Investigator(s):
Robert A. Margo

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09427.v1

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Project Description

Summary

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.

Citation

Margo, Robert A. Union Army Slave Appraisal Records from Mississippi, 1863-1865. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09427.v1

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Subject Terms

historical data nineteenth century slave appraisals slavery slaves Union Army

Geographic Coverage

Mississippi United States

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1863 -- 1865

Date of Collection

1979

Data Collection Notes

The data contain alphabetic codes.

Methodology

Universe

All slaves who appeared in a set of appraisal records for Civil War Mississippi.

Data Source

Union Army Slave Appraisal Records from Mississippi

Data Type(s)

administrative records data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1991-10-23

Version Date

1992-02-17

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.
The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.

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