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Berry Slave Value Database, 10 U.S. States, 1797-1865 (ICPSR 37099)
Released/updated on: 2018-07-03
Geographic coverage: North Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina
Time period: 1797-01-01--1865-01-01
This study uses historical records from 36 archives in the United States to analyze 8,437 enslaved people's sale and/or appraisal prices from 1797 to 1865.
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Cuban and Brazilian Slave Databases, 1769-1886 and 1707-1888 (ICPSR 39159)
Released/updated on: 2025-11-17
Geographic coverage: Minas Gerais, Cuba
Time period: 1769-01-01--1886-01-01, 1707-01-01--1888-01-01
The Cuban slave database consists of detailed demographic and economic data on 33,919 Cuban slaves between 1769 and 1886. These data were collected from the Notarial Protocols from Havana, Cienfuegos, and Santiago housed in the Archivo Nacional de Cuba in 1988.
The Brazilian slave database consists of detailed demographic and economic data on 119,963 Brazilian slaves from different locations in the province (now state) of Minas Gerais: Diamantina, Ouro Preto, Mariana, São João del Rei, and São José del Rei. The sources were the post-mortem inventories housed in the local archives in each of these cities.
Note that the data were hand transcribed from the archives mentioned above.
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New Orleans Slave Sale Sample, 1804-1862 (ICPSR 7423)
Released/updated on: 2008-08-04
Geographic coverage: United States, Louisiana, New Orleans
Time period: 1804-01-01--1862-01-01
This study includes data on slave sales that occurred on the New Orleans slave market between 1804-1862. For each sale, information was recorded on the date of the sale, the number of slaves on the invoice, the geographical origin of the buyer and seller, the sale price, and characteristics of the slaves sold (age, sex, family relationship, and occupation). The information presented for each transaction was obtained from the notarized bills of sale in the New Orleans Notarial Archival Office. These bills often contained information on several persons who were sold in a group or as a "lot." Whenever feasible, sale and personal characteristics of individuals appearing in such groups were entered on separate records. This was usually done when separate sale prices were recorded for each member of the group. When separate prices were not recorded for children sold in a group, information describing those children was attached to the record of a principal slave with whom they were associated on the original bill of sale.
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New Orleans Slave Sample, 1804-1862 [Instructional Materials] (ICPSR 3464)
Released/updated on: 2002-11-27
Geographic coverage: United States, Louisiana, New Orleans
Time period: 1804-01-01--1862-01-01
These instructional materials were prepared for use with NEW ORLEANS SLAVE SALE SAMPLE, 1804-1862 (ICPSR 7423), compiled by Robert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman. The data file (an SPSS portable file) and accompanying documentation are provided to assist educators in instructing students about the economics of slavery and the lives of the people recorded in the slave market. An instructor's handout is also included. This handout contains the following sections, among others: (1) general goals for student analysis of quantitative datasets, (2) specific goals in studying this dataset, (3) suggested appropriate courses for use of the dataset, (4) tips for using the dataset, and (5) related secondary source readings. The dataset includes data on slave sales that occurred on the New Orleans slave market between 1804-1862. For each sale, information was recorded on the date of the sale, the number of slaves on the invoice, the geographical origin of the buyer and seller, the sale price, and characteristics of the slaves sold (age, sex, family relationship, and occupation). The information presented for each transaction was obtained from the notarized bills of sale in the New Orleans Notarial Archival Office. These bills often contained information on several persons who were sold in a group or as a "lot." Whenever feasible, sale and personal characteristics of individuals appearing in such groups were entered on separate records. This was usually done when separate sale prices were recorded for each member of the group. When separate prices were not recorded for children sold in a group, information describing those children was attached to the record of a principal slave with whom they were associated on the original bill of sale.
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Slave Sales and Appraisals, 1775-1865 (ICPSR 7421)
Released/updated on: 2006-10-11
Geographic coverage: North Carolina, Mississippi, United States, Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina
Time period: 1775-01-01--1865-01-01
This study presents data pertaining to slave sales and appraisals that took place from 1775 to 1865 in eight states of the southern United States: Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi. The data were obtained from probate records on deposit in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Genealogical Society Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Variables document the sale locations and the appraised and sale values of the slaves, as well as the slaves' age, sex, occupational skills, and condition of health. A related study is SLAVE HIRES, 1775-1865 (ICPSR 7422), also prepared by Robert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman.