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Descriptors and Measurements of the Height of Runaway Slaves and Indentured Servants in the United States, 1700-1850
Principal Investigator(s): Komlos, John
Summary: The purpose of this data collection was to provide data on the height of slaves and indentured servants in the colonial and antebellum periods of United States history. Data were taken from newspaper advertisements describing the runaways. Variables include the state in which the advertisement was published, the year of the advertisement, the first and last names of the runaway slave or indentured servant, and his or her race, sex, age, height, place of birth, legal status (whether he or she was... (view details)
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09721
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