Subjects

For a more detailed description of the subjects below and how they are used, please see the Glossary of Terms.

Enslavement	Change in enslaver	Management of enslaved	Attaining freedom	Free people of color	Crime and punishment
Absentee owners Enslaver (FPOC) Enslavers without land Enslaver (minors) Insolvency Abandonment Overseers Management (enslaved) Forced reproduction Assessed Value (enslaved) Mortgage value (enslaved) Hiring value (enslaved) Taxation (enslaved) Warranty (enslaved) Insurance (enslaved) White affection (enslaved) White attachment (enslaved) Anti-abolition	Dowry Prenuptial agreement Widow's dower Purchase/Sale (enslaved children) Purchase/Sale (enslaved family) Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved) Auctions Slave trade (domestic) Slave trade (Atlantic) Purchased for emancipation Purchased own family (FPOC) Title dispute (enslaved) Casually lost Swapping (enslaved)	Inventory (enslaved) Seniors (enslaved) Term slavery Non-plantation/Non-household work (enslaved) Virtually free (enslaved) Skills (enslaved) Bequest (enslaved) Right to assemble (Black) Alcohol, right to sell/buy Right to carry (enslaved) Church, right to attend Education and literacy (enslaved) Travel passes Clandestine economy	Abolition Frees own family (FPOC) Freedom papers Manumission owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave Passing as white Purchase of freedom Purchased for emancipation Sues for freedom (enslaved) Virtually free (enslaved)	Property owners (Black) Enslaver (FPOC) Sues to recover freedom (FPOC) Kidnapping (FPOC) Fear of enslavement Seniors (FPOC) Education and literacy (FPOC) Occupation (FPOC) Apprenticeship/Indenture (FPOC) Purchased own family (FPOC) FPOC sues FPOC FPOC sues white Testimony (FPOC) Alcohol, right to sell/buy Right to carry (FPOC) Right to assemble (Black) Enfranchisement/Disenfranchisement State residency issues (FPOC) Voluntary enslavement Colonization to resettle White affection (FPOC) Guardianship (FPOC)	Assault Concealing (enslaved) Conspiracy Destruction of property Enticing (enslaved) Forgery Insubordination Homicide Poisoning Rape Freedom seekers Slander Insurrections/Revolts (enslaved) Theft by enslaved Theft of enslaved Militias/patrols Trials (enslaved) Testimony (FPOC) Testimony (enslaved) Jails/workhouses Execution (enslaved) Whipping
Health, Death	Social and Civic Life	Marriage and Women	Migration, Population, Transportation	Family	Crops
Diseases (mental) Diseases (physical) Medical treatment Death of enslaved (disease) Death of enslaved (other) Execution (enslaved) Suicide	Adultery Charitable organizations Churches Drunkeness Education and literacy (FPOC) Education and literacy (enslaved) Gambling Illegitimacy Interracial relationships Interracial socializing Sex workers/Promiscuity Right to assemble (Black) Church, right to attend	Abandonment Adultery Alimony Divorce Domestic violence Dowry Prenuptial agreement Widow's dower Property owners (women)	Native Americans Canada, migration to Caribbean Islands, migration to/from Westward migration Civil War, impact of Ships Slave trade (Atlantic) Slave trade (domestic) Veterans	Frees own family (FPOC) Purchased own family (FPOC) Heirs dispute Illegitimacy Orphans Purchase/Sale (enslaved children) Purchase/Sale (enslaved family)	Crops (Cotton) Crops (Rice) Crops (Sugar) Crops (Timber) Crops (Tobacco)