Digital Library on American Slavery

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Slave Ownership	Change in Slave Ownership	Slaves and Slave Management	Attaining Freedom	Free people of color	Crime and Punishment
Absentee owners Free black slave owners Landless slave owners Young slave owners Bankruptcy Abandonment Overseers Management of slaves Breeding of slaves Estimated value of slaves Mortgage value of slaves Hiring value of slaves Taxes on slaves Warranties on slaves Insurance on slaves White opinions of slaves White affection for slave Pro-slavery opinions	Bride's dowry Prenuptial agreements Widow's dower Purchase/sale of children Purchase/sale of families Purchase/sale prices Slave auctions Slave trade/traders, domestic Slave trade/traders, Atlantic Purchased for emancipation Free black purchases own family Slave title disputes Casually lost slaves Swapping slaves	Slaves Slave inventories Elderly slaves Term slaves Non-plantation slaves Virtually free slaves Skilled slaves Slaves as inheritors Right to assemble Right to sell/buy alcohol Right to carry weapons right to attend church Education and literacy Travel passes Slaves' economy	Abolition/abolitionists Free black emancipates own family Freedom papers Emancipation laws/statues Slaves freed by owner Passing (as white) Purchase of freedom Purchased for emancipation Slave sues for freedom Virtually free slaves	As property owners As slave owners Held as slaves Kidnapped Fear of enslavement Elderly free blacks Education and literacy Occupations Apprenticeship/indentures Purchase own family Suing other free black Suing whites Testimony of free blacks Right to buy/sell alcohol Right to carry weapons Right to assemble Rights of citizenship Right to reside in state Voluntary slavery Colonization White opinions of White guardianship of	Assault Concealing slaves Conspiracy Destruction of property Enticing slaves Forgery Insubordination Murder Poisoning Rape Runaways Slander Slave revolts Theft by slave Theft of slave Militias/patrols Slave trials Testimony of free blacks Testimony of slaves Jails/workhouses Slave execution Whipping
Health, Death	Social and Civic Life	Marriage and Women	Migration, Population, Transportation	Family	Crops
Diseases, mental Diseases, physical Medical treatment Slave death by disease Slave death, other Slave execution Suicide	Adultery Charitable organizations Churches Drunkeness Education of free blacks Education of slaves Gambling Illegitimacy Interracial relationships Interracial socializing Prostitutes/ Promiscuity Right to assemble right to attend church	Abandonment Adultery Alimony Divorce Domestic violence Bride's Dowry Prenuptial agreement Widow's dower Women owning property	American Indians Canada, migration to Caribbean Islands, migration to/from Westward migration Civil War, impact of Ships Slave trade/traders, Atlantic Slave trade/traders, domestic War veterans	Free black emancipates own family Freedman purchases own family Heirs dispute Illegitimacy Orphans Purchase/sale of children Purchase/sale of family	Cotton Rice Sugar Timber Tobacco