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Variable Availability: Enslaved Population Datasets

An "X" indicates the variable is available in the dataset.

Variable Label
1850
1860
YEAR Census year
X
X
HOLDNUM Slave holding serial number
X
X
SLAVENUM Sequence number of slave within holding
X
X
SIZEHOLD Size of slave holding
X
X
NHOUSES Number of slave houses
.
X
STATEFIP State FIPS code
X
X
STATEICP State ICPSR code
X
X
COUNTYICP County ICPSR code
X
X
COUNTY County (state+county)
X
X
URBAN Urban-rural status
X
X
CITY City
X
X
CITYPOP City population
X
X
METRO Metropolitan status
X
X
METAREA Metropolitan area
X
X
MDSTATUS Metropolitan district status
X
X
METDIST Metropolitan district
X
X
URBAREA Urbanized area
X
X
AGE Age in years
X
X
AGEMONTH Age in months
.
X
SEX Sex
X
X
RACE Race
X
X
BLIND Blind
.
X
DEAF Deaf and dumb
.
X
IDIOTIC Idiotic
.
X
INSANE Insane
.
X
HISTID_SLAVE Persistent ID of slave record
X
X
HISTID Link to slaveholder in population data
X
X
HISTID2 Link to 2nd slaveholder in population data
.
X
HISTID3 Link to 3rd slaveholder in population data
.
X
LINKPOP Basis of link to population schedule
X
.
NHOLDERS Number of slaveholders of this slave
.
X
NLINKS_SLAVE Number of slaveholders linked to this slave
.
X
NLINKS_HOLDING Number of slaveholders linked to the holding
.
X
SH1TYPE Type of slaveholder, first holder
.
X
SH1TYPED Type of slaveholder, first holder (detailed)
.
X
SH2TYPE Type of slaveholder, second holder
.
X
SH2TYPED Type of slaveholder, second holder (detailed)
.
X
SH3TYPE Type of slaveholder, third holder
.
X
SH3TYPED Type of slaveholder, third holder (detailed)
.
X
NFUGITIVE Number of fugitives from holding
.
X
NMANUMIT Number of slaves manumitted from holding
.
X
MENARD Menard sample case
.
X
FUGITIVE_IND Fugitive slave (individual-level)(Menard)
.
X
MANUMIT_IND Manumitted slave (individual-level)(Menard)
.
X
NFUGITIVES_M Number of fugitives from holding (Menard)
.
X
NMANUMITS_M Number manumitted from holding (Menard)
.
X
VERSION Data version number
X
X

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