Southern Charities Project, 1800-1860

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The Southern Charities Project set out to establish the meaning and role of charitable work in the antebellum Southern United States. As a by-product of this the numbers and locations of charitable societies were placed in a website for easy reference. Before this research the number of southern charitable societies was thought to be small, and concentrated in places such as Charleston and New Orleans. This dataset established that charities existed throughout the south, even in small communities.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>This resource lists southern charitable societies by place, type and date. It also provides a detailed bibliography of the secondary and primary materials used in its creation.

本摘要版权归英国数据服务中心（UK Data Service）及数据集所属版权方所有。南部慈善项目旨在探明美国内战前南部地区慈善工作的内涵与作用。作为该研究的附带成果，慈善协会的数量与分布信息被收录至专属网站以供便捷查阅。在此项研究开展前，学界普遍认为南部慈善协会的数量较少，且仅集中于查尔斯顿、新奥尔良等少数城市。本数据集证实，慈善活动遍布美国南部各地，甚至包括小型社区。【核心主题】：本资源按地区、类型与时间梳理了美国南部慈善协会名录，同时附带了本项目编制过程中所使用的二手与一手文献的详细参考文献列表。