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Self-Emancipation along the Lower Mississippi River in 1863

Name: Self-Emancipation along the Lower Mississippi River in 1863
Keywords: Mississippi, Slavery, Arts and Humanities, Louisiana, Texas

Research datakeyboard_double_arrow_right Dataset 01 Jan 2024Embargo end date: 03 Apr 2024Publisher:Harvard Dataverse

Authors: Cocanower, Evan; Gudmestad, Robert;

doi: 10.7910/dvn/hncdfs

Self-Emancipation along the Lower Mississippi River in 1863

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Abstract

In June and July of 1863, enslaved people in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and Wilkinson County, Mississippi, fled to Union gunboats. One of the boat’s clerks recorded demographic information for 960 refugees, including first and last names, ages, birth places, and owners. It is unusual to find such information for enslaved people in the United States, making the dataset a rich source of information for scholars studying the region or for individuals seeking to trace their heritage.

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Colorado State University
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Keywords

Mississippi, Slavery, Arts and Humanities, Louisiana, Texas

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