Slavery in Suriname. A Reconstruction of Life Courses, 1830–1863
The slavenregisters or slave registers of Suriname offer a unique perspective on the social and demographic history of a people in bondage. Thanks to a citizen science project, the archival sources were transcribed in 2017 by hundreds of volunteers. The transcriptions were used to create a longitud...
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| author | Coen W. van Galen Rick J. Mourits Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge Maartje A.B. Jasmijn Janssen Björn Quanjer Thunnis van Oort Jan Kok |
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The slavenregisters or slave registers of Suriname offer a unique perspective on the social and demographic history of a people in bondage. Thanks to a citizen science project, the archival sources were transcribed in 2017 by hundreds of volunteers. The transcriptions were used to create a longitudinal database of more than 90,000 enslaved persons. This paper describes the sources, data entry, and cleaning to create a standardized database as well as the matching needed to construct life courses. We discuss the best practices we have learned along the way. Finally, it offers prospects for research and expansion of the database to other population sources and areas.
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| spelling | doaj-art-6878d2d151c64936ae8a70b7204586e82025-02-03T01:33:25ZengInternational Institute of Social HistoryHistorical Life Course Studies2352-63432023-07-011310.51964/hlcs15619Slavery in Suriname. A Reconstruction of Life Courses, 1830–1863Coen W. van Galen0Rick J. Mourits1Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge2Maartje A.B.3Jasmijn Janssen4Björn Quanjer5Thunnis van Oort6Jan Kok7Radboud University NijmegenInternational Institute of Social History, Amsterdam & Radboud University NijmegenRadboud University NijmegenRadboud University NijmegenRadboud University NijmegenRadboud University NijmegenRadboud University NijmegenRadboud University Nijmegen The slavenregisters or slave registers of Suriname offer a unique perspective on the social and demographic history of a people in bondage. Thanks to a citizen science project, the archival sources were transcribed in 2017 by hundreds of volunteers. The transcriptions were used to create a longitudinal database of more than 90,000 enslaved persons. This paper describes the sources, data entry, and cleaning to create a standardized database as well as the matching needed to construct life courses. We discuss the best practices we have learned along the way. Finally, it offers prospects for research and expansion of the database to other population sources and areas. https://hlcs.nl/article/view/15619SlaverySurinameLife coursesCitizen scienceRecord linkage |
| spellingShingle | Coen W. van Galen Rick J. Mourits Matthias Rosenbaum-Feldbrügge Maartje A.B. Jasmijn Janssen Björn Quanjer Thunnis van Oort Jan Kok Slavery in Suriname. A Reconstruction of Life Courses, 1830–1863 Historical Life Course Studies Slavery Suriname Life courses Citizen science Record linkage |
| title | Slavery in Suriname. A Reconstruction of Life Courses, 1830–1863 |
| title_full | Slavery in Suriname. A Reconstruction of Life Courses, 1830–1863 |
| title_fullStr | Slavery in Suriname. A Reconstruction of Life Courses, 1830–1863 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Slavery in Suriname. A Reconstruction of Life Courses, 1830–1863 |
| title_short | Slavery in Suriname. A Reconstruction of Life Courses, 1830–1863 |
| title_sort | slavery in suriname a reconstruction of life courses 1830 1863 |
| topic | Slavery Suriname Life courses Citizen science Record linkage |
| url | https://hlcs.nl/article/view/15619 |
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