During Summer 2024, students dug into the data to find patterns and think through project research questions. The data presented here is preliminary, and represents an initial foray into our plans for robust curricular material.
How are people in our dataset related to one another? Who shows up in lots of cases, and why? Do some exploring on your own at the download link below.
How do escaped people’s strategies for escape differ by county? What about by time? Click the download link to open a new window and explore.
Interested in a gender breakdown in escaped people over time? We are, too.
How were punishments meted out to escaped peopple distributed across different enslaved and servant populations, and across time? Check out some breakdowns featuring changes in time added to indentured servants’ contracts.
How did the people involved in any given court case involving an escaped person change over time? Check out some of the data here.
What will it look like on our future site? Preliminary wireframes, linked to county maps, look like this. More wireframes and mockups arriving during Fall 2024.
