From Michigan State University:
More hereSlave Biographies: The Atlantic Database Network is an open access data repository of information on the identities of enslaved people in the Atlantic World. It includes the names, ethnicities, skills, occupations, and illnesses of individual slaves. Phase one of a multi-phase project is presented here. Users of the website can access data about slaves in colonial Louisiana and Maranhão, Brazil. They can download datasets, search for ancestors, and run statistical analysis.
Portrait of Olaudah Equiano
For phase two of the project, we invite researchers of slavery in the Atlantic World to contribute new databases. They will be able to share their data widely and be cited for it. They will also be able to store their data securely, use analytical tools we are developing, and collaborate with other researchers. Our goal is to make data about Atlantic slavery widely available to scholars, teachers, and the public. It is also to create a platform that combines multiple, individual datasets in a way that is complimentary and creates a resource for quantitative data analysis and visualizations.
