NFUGITIVES
Number of fugitives from the holdingDescription
NFUGITIVES indicates the number of slaves reported as fugitives from the holding at the time of the enumeration.
There are significant data quality issues with this variable, as some enumerators appeared to report this information for individual slaves rather than at the holder level as instructed. The column on the census form was also often used for office tabulation, producing many erroneous entries. This produced interpretive issues for processing. If an enumerator identified individual slaves as fugitives, those cases are summed in NFUGITIVES, making it a comprehensive count.
Data on fugitives are unavailable for Oklahoma and most of West Virginia. Cases in areas where fugitive data were not processed are coded to missing.
The variable is only available in 1860.
Availability
1860
Codes
NFUGITIVES is a 2-digit numeric variable.
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