The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
Document Type
Dataset
File Format
Excel
Abstract
The data is all the black householders recorded on the 1790 federal census in Philadelphia and its suburbs.
Time Period: Start Date of Data Collection
1974
Time Period: End Date of Data Collection
1974
Time Period: Start Date of Data Coverage
1790
Time Period: End Date of Data Coverage
1790
Date of this Version
2012
Source(s)
1790 census
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Billy G., "Philadelphia Black People 1790 Census," 01/01/74 - 01/01/74. 1. Philadelphia, PA: McNeil Center for Early American Studies [distributor], 2012. https://repository.upenn.edu
Additional Files
Occupational codes.doc (223 kB)Occupational codes for 1790 census
Data7____Phila_blacks_1790.csv (3 kB)
Data7____Phila_blacks_1790.csv
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Digital Humanities Commons, Labor History Commons, Social History Commons, United States History Commons
Article Location
Date Posted: 03 October 2014
Comments
To help explain the data, there are two separate files, a Codebook and Occupational Codes for men and women.