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9 entries under this heading — Last update Jan 28, 2008
9 entries under this heading — Last update Jan 28, 2008
Demography/Census Materials
- Related Name
- Manning, Patrick (co-investigator)
- Part of
- ibiblio.org
- Release
- Durham, N. C., and Chapel Hill, N. C., n. d. [start page stamped Mar 2002] (The Center for the Public Domain, University of North Carolina)
- Extent
- n/a
- Last Visit
- Apr 26, 2004.
- Technical Notes
- Databases of enslaved and free Afro-Louisianians available for download (ZIP files containing dBase, MS Access, and SPSS data, ca. 18 MB and 1.3 MB respectively). — Not covered by the Slave-Studies.net search engine.
- Notes
- Originally published on CD-ROM as part of Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, ed., Databases for the Study of Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1699-1860 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000).
- Language
- English
- Includes
- Description
- Online version of a database comprising records for more 100,000 slaves living in Louisiana between 1718 and 1820. The database can be searched by name, gender, racial designation, ehtnic origin of slaves as well as master's name, epoch (French/Spanish/American), and location of plantation. – Hall began work on the project after finding a large of notarial records at a Louisiana courthouse in 1984. The data principally regard the territory of today's state of Louisiana and are drawn from sources at numerous locations in that area as well as from some archives in neighboring states and in France.
- Part of
- World History Center (WHC) [closed down in 2004]
- Release
- Boston, Mass., [start page stamped Jan 1996] (Northeastern University : Department of History)
- Extent
- n/a
- Last Visit
- Jan 20, 2008.
- Technical Notes
- Originally at http://www.whc.neu.edu/afrintro.htm.
- Notes
- The current location serves an archive for the materials of the the Center, which was closed down in 2004.
- Language
- English
- Includes
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- Description
- The complex simulation attempts an estimate of the African population and its development from 16th to the 19th century combining available data on the transatlantic slave trade with assumptions on demographic patterns obtained from studies on other areas. Users may run the simulation online and have the possibility to change its parameters. The site also offers a
- Related Names
- Eltis, David (ed.) et al.
- Part of
- History Collections / University of Florida : George A. Smathers Library
- Release
- Gainesville, Feb 2002
- Extent
- 1 page/frame (ca. 9 KiB)
- Last Visit
- Jan 20, 2008.
- Technical Notes
- At present, the data set is not freely accessible, but the editors plan to migrate the database to an open-access web site (see guided tour with screenshots available at the Cambridge University Press web site.
- Related Names
- Curtin, Philip D. (comp.) / Klein, Herbert S. (comp.) / Engerman, Stanley L. (comp.)
- Part of
- DPLS Archives / University of Wisconsin-Madison : Data and Program Library Service (DPLS)
- Release
- Madison, © 1996-2008
- Extent
- n/a [incl. 260 KiB zip file containing all data sets]
- Last Visit
- Jan 20, 2008.
- Technical Notes
- Download of data sets requires cost-free registration. Available in ZIP (DOS/Win) and TAR (Unix) compression formats.
- Notes
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Data sets originally compiled and published 1967-1974; DPLS editions 1973-1978. All sets accompanied by online code books and study descriptions. – Includes
- Part of
- B@tavia, a Virtual Factorij of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
- Related Name
- Deconinck, Stefan
- Release
- Ghent, Oct 2001 (University of Ghent)
- Extent
- 25 pages : 3 PDF files
- Last Visit
- Sep 24, 2006.
- Technical Notes
- Originally at: http://batavia.rug.ac.be/slavery/. – Moved to: http://batavia.ugent.be/slavery/. – Withdrawn. – Record points to list of files stored by the Internet Archive.
- Language
- English
- Includes
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- Demographic data
- Digest of the slave code of 1754
- Timeline
- References for school projects
- Bibliography of print publications
- Scholars specialising in Slave History @ the CAPE
- Description
- Part of a site created on occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Dutch East India Company.
- Release
- London, course taught fall 2006 (University College London : History Department)
- Extent
- 1 MS Word doc. (ca. 183 KiB = 27 print pages)
- Last Visit
- Jan 20, 2008.
- Technical Notes
- In fall 2003, the same course was listed as HIST4169.
- Notes
- Includes list of primary sources in print (p. 16-17) and bibliography (p. 18-27).
- Language
- English
- Description
- The extensive syllabus includes a list of possible essay topics, an overview of Greek and Latin terms designating slaves, and a table with "guesstimates" of slave numbers in the ancient world.
- Part of
- Classics Ireland, Vol. 3 (1996) / Classical Association of Ireland
- Release
- Dublin, © 1996 (University College Dublin)
- Extent
- 1 page (ca. 30 KiB)
- Last Visit
- Jan 20, 2008.
- Technical Notes
- Originally at: http://www.ucd.ie/classics/96/Madden96.html. Moved to: http://www.ucd.ie/classics/classicsinfo/96/Madden96.html. – Withdrawn. – Record points to most recent versions of the article and home page stored by the Internet Archive.
- Notes
- Based on primary sources and secondary literature.
- Language
- English
- Related Names
- Walther, Eric (director)
- Release
- Houston, Tex., active 2000-2002
- Extent
- 38 pages : illustr., 1 MS Excel file
- Last Visit
- Jan 20, 2008.
- Technical Notes
-
Originally at: http://www.texasslaveryproject.uh.edu/. – Withdrawn. – Record points to list of pages stored at the
- Description
- Interdisciplinary research project attempting to compile biographical information on all slaves who lived in Texas. The Documents/Sources page identifies the material that was to be covered and includes internal links to several substantial samples already put online by the project. — The site was taken offline for renovation in 2002 and permanently withdrawn in 2005.
- Related Inst.
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Part of
- Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora
- Related Name
- Lovejoy, Paul (dir.)
- Release
- York, Canada, (York University : Dept. of History)
- Extent
- 7 pages (ca. 180 KiB) : 7 illustr.
- Last Visit
- Aug 20, 2003.
- Language
- English
- Includes
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- Archival Inventory and Preservation of Primary Sources
- Biographical Database of Enslaved Africans
- Historical Atlas of Slavery
- Ports of the Nigerian Hinterland
- The Muslim Diaspora in the Era of the Slave Route
- Ethnic Identities in Atlantic Africa and the Diaspora
- Linkages between the Diaspora and Africa
- Description
- Set of cooperative research projects affiliated with UNESCO's Slave Route Project.
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