Internal Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1852
- Unique File Inventory Identification Number
- 071278-000
- Bibliographic Reference
- Internal Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1852 [machine readable data file]. Compiled by Herbert S. Klein. DPLS ed. New York: Herbert S. Klein [producer], 1974. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin. Data and Information Services Center [distributor]. 1 data file (978 logical records), plus accompanying documentation. The data were compiled from the Register of Slaves maintained by the police of the Imperial Court for the period 18 July to 17 November 1852 and are preserved in the Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Unique Identification Codes for the MRDF
- CB-505-008-INT-DPLS-1852-1; ISBN 0-89605-029-7
- Type of File
- numeric
- Abstract
- These data were complied in an effort to assess the dynamics of the slave trade in terms of the types of slaves shipped between the provinces, their place of origin, and their impact on the importing and exporting zones. The key question relating to this trade was the extent of its impact on the supply of slaves for the new coffee plantations of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
- Universe to Which the Data Pertain
- slaves arriving in Rio de Janeiro during period 18 July to 17 November 1852
- Geographic Focus
- Brazil
- Descriptors
- slave trade, economic history, Africa, Brazil, migration, occupation
- Demographic Variables
- ship identification, date of arrival, port of origin, type of ship, age, sex, color, place of birth, and occupation (by sex) of slave
- Sponsor or Funding Agency
- Social Science Research Council; American Council of Learned Societies; Columbia University, New York; University of Chicago, Chicago USA
- Project Responsibility
- Herbert S. Klein, Department of History, Columbia University, New York USA
- Data Gathering Responsibility
- Herbert S. Klein
- Data Processing Responsibility
- Herbert S. Klein
- Time Coverage (Date of Data Coverage)
- 18 July to 17 November 1852
- Date of Data Collection
- 1974
- Source(s) of Data (Input)
- Register of Slaves maintained by the police of the Imperial Court for period 18 July to 17 November 1852, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro
- Description of Sampling Design/Selection
- complete for period
- Instrumentation
- register of slaves
- Data Quality
- complete for period; major deficiencies are that it is only a small sample of the whole trade (less than one percent of the maximum estimated total volume), that it represents less than one year's importation even in one port, and that it comes at the very earliest period of the trade
- Unit of Analysis/Record Type
- 978 slave ship voyages
- Number of Variables
- 11
- Analytic Comparability or Linkage with Other MRDF
- Philip D. Curtin (edited by Herbert S. Klein), Records of Slave Ship Movement Between Africa and the Americas, 1817-1843; Herbert S. Klein, Internal Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1852; Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1825-1830; Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1795-1811; Angola Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1723-1771; English Slave Trade, 1791-1799 (House of Lords Survey); Slave Trade to Havana, Cuba, 1790-1820; Virginia Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1727-1769; Nantes Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1711-1791; Philip D. Curtin, Slave Ships of Eighteenth Century France, 1748-1756, 1763-1792; Klein, Herbert S. and Stanley L. Engerman, Slave Trade to Jamaica, 1782-1805-1808; Fogel, Robert W. and Stanley L. Engerman, Time on the Cross [machine readable data file].
- File Structure
- rectangular
- Record Structure
- fixed length
- Location of the MRDF
- Data and Information Services Center (DISC), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 3308 Sewell Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- Location of the Documentation
- Data and Information Services Center (DISC)
- Access Restrictions
- none
- Type of Access
- batch
- Retention Status
- indefinitely
- Costs
- direct, plus DISC overhead
- Recording Information
- The archival file consists of one file stored on CD-ROM. All information is in character format. Logical Record Size: 80 characters; Block Size: 3200 characters. Data is disseminated in zipped ASCII format.
- Data Management Software Requirements
- none
- Computer or Hardware Requirements
- none
- Data Disclaimer
- distributor distributes the MRDF but takes no responsibility for its condition
- Reference Materials
- codebook
- Publications
- Herbert S. Klein, The Middle Passage: Comparative Studies in the Atlantic Slave Trade (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1978)
Bibliographic Information
Cataloging-During-Production (Machine Readable Data File)
Internal slave trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1852 [machine-readable data file] / compiled by Herbert S. Klein. -- DPLS ed. -- New York : Herbert S. Klein [producer], 197- ; Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin. Data and Information Services Center [distributor].
1 data file (978 logical records) + accompanying documentation.
These data were compiled from the Register of Slaves maintained by the police of the Imperial Court for the period 18 July to 17 November 1852 and are archived at the Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.
Summary: These data were complied in an effort to assess the dynamics of the slave trade in terms of the types of slaves shipped between the provinces, their place of origin, and their impact on the importing and exporting zones. The key question relating to this trade was the extent of its impact on the supply of slaves for the new coffee plantations of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
The data file contains information on ship identification, date of arrival, port of origin, type of ship, age, sex, color, place of birth, and occupation (by sex) of slave.
ISBN 0-89605-029-7
I. Klein, Herbert S.
DISC Acknowledgement
These data were deposited at DPLS for public distribution Herbert S. Klein, Department of History, Columbia University, New York.
Acknowledgement of Assistance
All manuscripts utilizing data made available through the Data and Information Services Center (DISC) should acknowledge that fact as well as cite the title of the study as indicated on the title page and sample catalog statement and identify the original compiler (collector) of the data. DISC urges all users of these data to follow some adaptation of this statement with the parentheses indicating items to be completed or deleted appropriately by the individual analyst.
The data for Internal Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1852 were originally compiled by Herbert S. Klein from the Register of Slaves maintained by the police of the Imperial Court for the period 18 July to 17 November 1852 and are located in the Arquivo Nacional in Rio de Janeiro. Neither Mr. Klein nor DISC bears any responsibility for the analyses or interpretations presented here.
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