Free Blacks Database: New Orleans, 1840-1860

The \"Free Blacks\" dataset was created from The Mayor's Register of Free Blacks in the City of New Orleans from 1840 to 1864. The dataset has a population of 2,818 individuals and 50 variables. Registered free blacks are listed by name, sex, age, year of birth, ethnicity, color, country of origin, city of origin, state of origin, date of arrival, profession, method of manumission, date of emancipation, age at time of emancipation, notary of record, court, judges, or recorders of record, baptism church, baptism record, emancipation record index, succession record, former owner’s name, and former owner’s relationship to the free person, among others.