Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.7910/DVN/TNMLSA |
Publication Date
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2022-12-21 |
Title
| Enslaved Lives Documented in the Slaveholding of James Monroe, Virginia Planter and Political Figure, 1774-1836 |
Other Identifier
| PJMHE |
Author
| Bon-Harper, SaraJames Monroe’s Highland
Stetz, NancyJames Monroe’s Highland |
Point of Contact
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Bon-Harper, Sara (James Monroe’s Highland)
Journal of Slavery and Data Preservations (Michigan State University) |
Description
| Enslaved Lives Documented in the Slaveholding of James Monroe, Virginia Planter and Political Figure, 1774-1836 is a dataset of 178 individuals who are known from the documentary record to have been enslaved by James Monroe during his adulthood. The primary contribution of the work is to identify and document individual lives from inconsistent sources where they appear, often with incomplete identifying information. The dataset encompasses Monroe’s households in the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in Albemarle, King George, Loudoun, and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia, Washington, DC, and New York City. |
Subject
| Arts and Humanities |
Keyword
| Slavery
Virginia
New York
Washington, DC |
Related Publication
| This data has been described in the following data article: Bon-Harper, Sara, and Nancy Stetz. "Enslaved Lives Documented in the Slaveholding of James Monroe, Virginia Planter and Political Figure, 1774-1836." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 3, no. 3 (2022): 4-9. doi 7g2m-aq56 https://doi.org/10.25971/7g2m-aq56 |
Language
| English |
Depositor
| Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation |
Deposit Date
| 2022-12-13 |
Time Period
| Start Date: 1774; End Date: 1836 |
Date of Collection
| Start Date: 2014; End Date: 2022 |
Data Type
| Account Book; Appraisal or Assessment; Diary/Daybook/Journal; Bill of Sale, Invoice, or Receipt; Civil Document; Freedom or Emancipation Certificate; Inventory or Probate Record; Letter; Life History or Narrative; Payment; Runaway Advertisement; Will and Testament |
Data Source
| "Founders Online: Home." Accessed May 11, 2022. http://founders.archives.gov/documents//lib/home/home.xml.; "James Monroe Project | The W&M Digital Archive." https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/22563.; Preston, Daniel, ed. The Papers of James Monroe. Vol. 1–7. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003. |