Africans Burials and Residences in Rio de Janeiro, 1874-1899

This dataset contains a structured selection of 4,636 entries, extracted from the nominal registries of deceased Africans interred in the Cemitério de São Francisco Xavier (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) between 1874 and 1889. The dataset draws from a set of burial registers maintained by the Santa Casa da Misericórdia, the principal charity hospital of the capital of the Brazilian empire. These registry books, maintained for both free and enslaved city residents, are organized by year. In this sampled dataset, only the burial records of Africans (enslaved, free, or Free African) are indexed. Each numbered entry includes information on the decedent's date of burial, age, last residence, juridical status, and cause of death. Supplemental information for some entries includes the decedent's ethnonym or color, marital status, named surviving partner, occupation, location of death, and the name of an associated slave master. Some make note of special circumstances about the registered interee. Many entries are incomplete, especially about residence, age, and place of birth.本数据集经结构化筛选，共收录4636条记录，提取自1874年至1889年间安葬于巴西里约热内卢圣弗朗西斯科泽维尔公墓（Cemitério de São Francisco Xavier）的非洲裔逝者的记名登记册。本数据集源自巴西帝国首都主要慈善医院——圣卡萨达米塞里科迪亚（Santa Casa da Misericórdia）所保存的殡葬登记册。这批登记册按年份编排，覆盖自由民与被奴役的城市居民两类群体。本次采样的数据集中仅收录被奴役、自由或自由裔非洲人的殡葬记录。每条带编号的记录均包含逝者的安葬日期、年龄、最后居住地、法律身份及死因等基础信息。部分记录还补充有逝者的族称或肤色、婚姻状况、在世配偶姓名、职业、死亡地点以及所属奴隶主姓名等额外信息。部分记录还标注了被安葬者的特殊情况。多数记录存在信息缺失，尤以居住地、年龄及出生地点的信息缺失最为显著。