Nashville Slave and Free People of Color Database

Nashville Slave and Free People of Color DatabaseInformation regarding the movements of enslaved and free African-Americans in Nashville before Emancipation.Visit the full page to view this data.

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Slaveholder: slaveholder
Slaveholder's Residence: slaveholder_s_residence
Name of Slave: name_of_slave
Gender: gender
Age: age
Relationships: relationships
Date of Entry: date_of_entry
Will Book: will_book
Page No.: page_no
Type of Entry: type_of_entry
Transferred to: transferred_to
Second Party's Residence: second_party_s_residence
Notes: notes

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Tableau users should select the OData v2 endpoint option.

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee

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