Slaves in Post-Mortem Estate Inventories, Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro, 1821-1888

This structured dataset includes nominal registries of enslaved laborers and slave families drawn from 923 post-mortem property inventories taken upon the death of estate owners in Vassouras county, Rio de Janeiro province, opened between 1821 and 1888. This dataset lists 30,533 enslaved individuals from various estates. Inventoried estates are listed by the names of the deceased estate owner and executor, as well as the name(s) and location(s) of properties (including enslaved persons) inventoried. Nominal slave registries include a variety of attributes about each listed enslaved person including place of birth, ethnonym, color, age, occupation, juridical status, and marital status. A monetary valuation, assigned by an appraiser, accompanies the large majority of nominal entries for slaves, including unnamed newborns. Descriptions of the inventoried persons include general health and vigor, injuries and disabilities, acute or chronic illness, temperament, and general aptitude for labor. The extracted data includes nominal references to conjugal partners, parentage, and/or children and grandchildren registered in the same inventory. There are select references to the sale, mortgaging, or death of inventoried slaves during probate.本结构化数据集取自巴西里约热内卢省瓦苏拉斯县1821年至1888年间留存的923份庄园主去世后的遗产清册，收录了其中被奴役劳工与奴隶家庭的记名登记信息。本数据集共记录了来自各类庄园的30533名被奴役者。被登记造册的庄园以已故庄园主与遗嘱执行人的姓名，以及被清册登记的财产（含被奴役者）的名称与所在地进行标注。奴隶记名登记项涵盖每名登记被奴役者的多项属性，包括出生地、族称、肤色、年龄、职业、法律地位与婚姻状况。绝大多数奴隶的记名登记条目（含未命名的新生儿）均附有估价师出具的货币估值。对被登记造册者的描述还包括其整体健康状况与体力状态、伤情与残疾情况、急性或慢性疾病、性格气质，以及劳动综合适配能力。提取的数据包含同一清册中登记的配偶、父母身份，以及子女、孙辈的记名关联信息。数据集还收录了部分遗嘱认证期间被登记奴隶的售卖、抵押或死亡的相关记录。