Enslaved and Free Persons at Patrick Henry’s Red Hill (doi:10.7910/DVN/2LCBGJ)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Enslaved and Free Persons at Patrick Henry’s Red Hill

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/2LCBGJ

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2022-12-21

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Erpenbach, Sasha, 2022, "Enslaved and Free Persons at Patrick Henry’s Red Hill", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2LCBGJ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:Ux+9HsCt8LwktNbpyk9M7Q== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Enslaved and Free Persons at Patrick Henry’s Red Hill

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/2LCBGJ

Identification Number:

PHRH

Authoring Entity:

Erpenbach, Sasha (Patrick Henry’s Red Hill)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Erpenbach, Sasha

Access Authority:

Journal of Slavery and Data Preservations

Depositor:

Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation

Date of Deposit:

2022-12-13

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2LCBGJ

Study Scope

Keywords:

Arts and Humanities, Slavery, Virginia

Abstract:

This dataset is an overview of information known about individuals that were enslaved by Patrick Henry (1736-1799), the Revolutionary Era patriot and Virginia governor famed for his “Give me Liberty, or Give me Death” speech and later his son John (1796-1868) at their home of Red Hill in Charlotte County, VA primarily from 1794 onward. This data covers not only enslaved individuals but also free and freed members of the community such as spouses and children of the enslaved.

Time Period:

1742-1979

Date of Collection:

2018-2022

Country:

United States, United States, United States

Geographic Coverage:

Virginia, Campbell County, Virginia, Charlotte County, Virginia, Halifax County

Kind of Data:

Bill of Sale, Invoice, or Receipt

Kind of Data:

Census or Register

Kind of Data:

Freedom or Emancipation Certificate

Kind of Data:

Life History or Narrative

Kind of Data:

Tax Record

Kind of Data:

Will and Testament

Notes:

Contributors: Caitlin Curtis Olsen, Patrick Henry’s Red Hill; Peighton Young; Lucia Butler, Patrick Henry’s Red Hill; Luke Dixon, Patrick Henry’s Red Hill

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Sources:

Charlotte Courthouse and Court Clerk’s Office Archives

Campbell County Court Clerk’s Office

Halifax Courthouse and Court Clerk’s Office

Virginia Museum of History and Culture

U.S. Census, 1870-1920

Charlotte Gazette

Assessor’s Fieldbook

Data Access

Notes:

CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 (<a href=“https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/“>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/</a> )

Other Study Description Materials

Related Publications

Citation

Identification Number:

3yc5-zg76

Bibliographic Citation:

This data has been described in the following data article: Erpenbach, Sasha. "Enslaved and Free Persons at Patrick Henry’s Red Hill." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 3 (2022): 23-26.

File Description--f6826518

File: PHRH_Patrick_Henry_Red_Hill_Enslaved_Data20221213.tab

  • Number of cases: 211

  • No. of variables per record: 22

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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Variable Description

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Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

PHRH_Patrick_Henry_Red_Hill_Enslaved_Documentation20221213.pdf

Text:

Patrick Henry Red Hill Enslaved Documentation File

Notes:

application/pdf