Slavery BlockPy Library
From the CORGIS Dataset Project
By Ryan Whitcomb rwhit94@vt.edu
Version 2.0.0, created 5-17-16
Tags: slavery, slave, slaves, buyer, seller, origin, history, economics
Overview
This dataset has financial records of New Orleans slave sales, 1856-1861. There are almost 16,000 sales recorded in this dataset.
<Calomiris, Charles W., and Jonathan Pritchett. 2016. “Betting on Secession: Quantifying Political Events Surrounding Slavery and the Civil War.” American Economic Review, 106(1): 1-23.>
Key Descriptions
| Key | List of... | Comment | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buyer.County of Origin | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "Unknown" |
| Buyer.Full Name | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "Maria Hopson" |
| Buyer.Origin | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "Unknown, Unknown" |
| Buyer.State of Origin | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "Unknown" |
| Seller.County of Origin | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "Unknown" |
| Seller.Full Name | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "Benjamin Screws" |
| Seller.Origin | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "Unknown, AL" |
| Seller.State of Origin | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "AL" |
| Slave.Age | Float | $MISSING_FIELD | 40.0 |
| Slave.Gender | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "M" |
| Slave.Name | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "Shadrack" |
| Slave.Skin Color | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "Unknown" |
| Transaction.Date | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "10/6/1856" |
| Transaction.Number of Adult Slaves | Integer | $MISSING_FIELD | 1 |
| Transaction.Number of Child Slaves | Integer | $MISSING_FIELD | 0 |
| Transaction.Number of Total Slaves Purchased | Integer | $MISSING_FIELD | 1 |
| Transaction.Sale Details.Discount Rate | Float | $MISSING_FIELD | 0.00602698 |
| Transaction.Sale Details.Payment Method | String | $MISSING_FIELD | "Cash" |
| Transaction.Sale Details.Predicted Interest Rate | Float | $MISSING_FIELD | 0.07477 |
| Transaction.Sale Details.Price | Float | $MISSING_FIELD | 650.0 |
| Transaction.Sale Details.Prices Listed | Integer | $MISSING_FIELD | 1 |