Berry Slave Value Database, 10 U.S. States, 1797-1865 (ICPSR 37099)
Version Date: Jul 3, 2018 View help for published
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Daina Ramey Berry, University of Texas at Austin
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37099.v1
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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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Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage
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State
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Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
The purpose of this study is to understand how enslaved people were valued and appraised.
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Universe View help for Universe
Enslaved individuals in the United States (specifically in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) during the late eighteenth and early to mid-nineteenth century.
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All the data comes from manuscript archival collections at various historical repositories.
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Description of Variables View help for Description of Variables
Variables include demographic information (name, year, age/age group, gender, state, and trade/skill), and appraisal and sales prices, which are given in 1860 and 2014 dollars.
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Not applicable
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None
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2018-07-03
Version History View help for Version History
2018-07-03 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Created variable labels and/or value labels.
- Created online analysis version with question text.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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