Dutch-speaking Runaway Slaves in Early American Newspaper Advertisements, 1730-1825

The Dutch-speaking Runaway Slaves dataset includes information 483 Dutch-speaking slaves and three black indentured servants who were reported fleeing their condition of bondage in the American colonies and early United States. The data comes primarily from newspaper advertisements digitized and made available through newspapers.com and ReadEx’s Early American Newspaper Database. This current database is the first to gather and organize data specifically concerning runaway slaves who spoke Dutch. The compilation of this data was primarily intended research on the language and economics of slavery in Dutch New York. The database includes 486 rows of entries, with eleven columns of data about Dutch-speaking runaway slaves. These eleven columns of data are as follows: Year, Name, Age, Sex, Language, Speaks, Owner, County, State, City, and Source.荷兰语逃亡奴隶数据集（Dutch-speaking Runaway Slaves Dataset）收录了483名荷兰语奴隶与3名黑人契约仆役的相关信息，上述人员均因逃离美国殖民地及早期美利坚合众国的奴役处境而被记载。该数据集的数据主要来源于经数字化处理并通过newspapers.com与ReadEx早期美国报纸数据库（ReadEx’s Early American Newspaper Database）公开的报纸招募广告。本数据库是首个专门针对荷兰语使用者逃亡奴隶进行数据归集与整理的专项数据库，本次数据汇编的核心初衷为开展荷兰殖民纽约时期奴隶制下的语言与经济相关研究。该数据库共包含486条数据条目，涵盖11项关于荷兰语逃亡奴隶的信息字段，具体如下：年份（Year）、姓名（Name）、年龄（Age）、性别（Sex）、语言（Language）、掌握语言（Speaks）、奴隶主（Owner）、县（County）、州（State）、城市（City）与来源（Source）。