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NFUGITIVES_M

Number of fugitives from holding (Menard)

Description
NFUGITIVES_M indicates the number of enslaved persons reported as fugitives at the time of the census. The variable records responses entered for the MENARD sample of 2004. That sample was created under greater oversight than the full Ancestry sample — the responses for which are recorded in the variable NFUGITIVE.

Only cases included in the MENARD sample are included in the universe for NFUGITIVES_M.

Availability
1860

Codes
NFUGITIVES_M is a 2-digit numeric variable.