Death among the Enslaved and Free in Fairfax County, Virginia, 1853-1869 (doi:10.7910/DVN/5G4VF6)

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Death among the Enslaved and Free in Fairfax County, Virginia, 1853-1869

doi:10.7910/DVN/5G4VF6

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2024-04-03

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Hawthorne, Walter; Bollinger, Heather; Charris, Lorenzo; Griffin, Bailey, 2024, "Death among the Enslaved and Free in Fairfax County, Virginia, 1853-1869", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5G4VF6, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:iDSHNHIjmPotufQdAkqDMA== [fileUNF]

Death among the Enslaved and Free in Fairfax County, Virginia, 1853-1869

doi:10.7910/DVN/5G4VF6

Hawthorne, Walter (Michigan State University)

Bollinger, Heather (Michigan State University)

Charris, Lorenzo (Michigan State University)

Griffin, Bailey (Michigan State University)

Harvard Dataverse

Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation

Hawthorne, Walter

Bollinger, Heather

Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation

2024-03-19

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5G4VF6

Arts and Humanities, Slavery, Fairfax County, VA

The information in this dataset is extracted from the Fairfax County (Virginia) Circuit Court Register of Deaths, 1853 to 1869. The records are part of a wider Fairfax Court Slavery Index project, which is housed at the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center in Fairfax, Virginia. The dataset includes information about, among other things, the names, ages, and causes of death of enslaved and free people who died in Fairfax, which allows for a comparison of mortality in the two populations. Data indicate that free (white) residents of Fairfax had, on average, longer life expectancies and lower rates of infant and childhood mortality than enslaved residents. Most enslaved people’s mothers are listed, allowing for the partial reconstruction of enslaved families.

1853-1869

2023-2023

Register

Fairfax County (Virginia) Register of Deaths, Fairfax County, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Fairfax, VA.

This data has been described in the following data article: Hawthorne, Walter, Heather Bollinger, Lorenzo Duran Charris, and Bailey Griffin. "Death among the Enslaved and Free in Fairfax County, Virginia, 1853-1869." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 5, no. 1 (2024): 28-35.

This data has been described in the following data article: Hawthorne, Walter, Heather Bollinger, Lorenzo Duran Charris, and Bailey Griffin. "Death among the Enslaved and Free in Fairfax County, Virginia, 1853-1869." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 5, no. 1 (2024): 28-35.

• Number of cases: 615

• No. of variables per record: 53

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

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• Year - Year
• Event UI - Event UI
• Event - Event
• Document Type - Document Type
• Source - Source
• Page Number - Page Number
• Line Number - Line Number
• Deceased UI - Deceased UI
• Last Name of Deceased - Last Name of Deceased
• First and Other Names of Deceased - First and Other Names of Deceased
• Race - Race
• Status - Status
• Enslaver Unique Identifier - Enslaver Unique Identifier
• Last Name of Enslaver - Last Name of Enslaver
• First and Other Names of Enslaver - First and Other Names of Enslaver
• Sex of Ensalver - Sex of Ensalver
• Sex of Deceased - Sex of Deceased
• Date of Death - Date of Death
• Place of Death - Place of Death
• Imputed Country of Death - Imputed Country of Death
• Imputed State / District of Death - Imputed State / District of Death
• Imputed City of Death - Imputed City of Death
• Imputed County of Death - Imputed County of Death
• Imputed Township, Village or Community of Death - Imputed Township, Village or Community of Death
• Cause of Death - Cause of Death
• Standardized Cause of Death - Standardized Cause of Death
• Age of Deceased in Years - Age of Deceased in Years
• Age of Deceased in Months - Age of Deceased in Months
• Age of Deceased in Days - Age of Deceased in Days
• Birth Year of Deceased - Birth Year of Deceased
• Father of Deceased Unique Identifier - Father of Deceased Unique Identifier
• Last Name of Father of Deceased - Last Name of Father of Deceased
• First Name of Father of Deceased - First Name of Father of Deceased
• Mother of Deceased Unique Identifier - Mother of Deceased Unique Identifier
• Last Name of Mother of Deceased - Last Name of Mother of Deceased
• First Name of Mother of Deceased - First Name of Mother of Deceased
• Status Mother - Status Mother
• Deceased's Place of Birth - Deceased's Place of Birth
• Imputed Country of Birth - Imputed Country of Birth
• Imputed State / District of Birth - Imputed State / District of Birth
• Imputed City of Birth - Imputed City of Birth
• Imputed County of Birth - Imputed County of Birth
• Imputed Township, Village or Community of Birth - Imputed Township, Village or Community of Birth
• Deceased's Occupation - Deceased's Occupation
• Deceased's Occupation in Controlled Vocabulary - Deceased's Occupation in Controlled Vocabulary
• Spouse Unique Identifyer - Spouse Unique Identifyer
• Spouse of Deceased or Unmarried - Spouse of Deceased or Unmarried
• Last Name Spouse of Deceased - Last Name Spouse of Deceased
• First Name Spouse of Deceased - First Name Spouse of Deceased
• Informant's Unique Identyfier - Informant's Unique Identyfier
• Last Name of Person Giving Information of Death - Last Name of Person Giving Information of Death
• First Name of Person Giving Information of Death - First Name of Person Giving Information of Death
• Designation of Informant - Designation of Informant

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