Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.7910/DVN/2GPFX2 |
Publication Date
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2025-04-30 |
Title
| Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington, Virginia, 1669-1865 |
Author
| Kerr, MollyHistory Revealed
Fox, David |
Point of Contact
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Arlington Historical Society
Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation (Michigan State University) |
Description
| Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington’s (MEA) dataset contains information on 2,770 enslaved people and their 464 enslavers in Arlington County, Virginia. Using 263 primary and secondary sources, the project gathered and described, when possible, the names, vital information, genders, occupations, and place of enslavement of these individuals. Though substantive, additional research will be conducted in the future to augment this dataset. MEA is the first project devoted to researching and amassing information on Arlington’s enslaved population. |
Subject
| Arts and Humanities |
Keyword
| Slavery
Arlington, Virginia |
Related Publication
| This data has been described in the following data article: Kaplan, Jessica, Cassandra A. Good, and Molly Kerr. Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington, Virginia, 1669-1865." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 6, no. 1 (2025): 45-53. doi http://doi.org/10.14321/jsdp.6.1.0045 |
Language
| English |
Depositor
| Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation |
Deposit Date
| 2025-04-17 |
Time Period
| Start Date: 1669; End Date: 1865 |
Date of Collection
| Start Date: 2021; End Date: 2024 |
Data Source
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