Slave hires, 1775-1865
By: principal investigators, Robert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman
Series: ICPSR -- 7422; ICPSR (Series) -- 7422
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Slave trade; Statistics; Slavery
Description: This dataset was prepared by Robert W. Fogel (the University of Chicago and the University of Rochester) and Stanley L. Engerman (the University of Rochester) and used for the analyses presented in Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery, Volume 1 and Time on the Cross: Evidence and Methods--A Supplement, Volume 2. Data pertaining to the hiring transactions for over 20,000 slaves in eight states of the southern United States from 1775 to 1865 are contained in this dataset. The majority of the data were obtained from a nonrandom sample of probate records for the southern states, on deposit in the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints Genealogical Society Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Included are variables documenting the date and location of the hire, the period and rate of hire, as well as the hired slaves' ages, sexes, defects, and occupational skills. The Slave Hires dataset is similar in scope to the Slave Sales and Appraisals, 1775-1865, dataset (ICPSR 7421), also prepared by Robert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class II.

Chronogical coverage: 1775-1865.

United States.

These data were initially collected with the assistance of a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Over 20,000 slaves.