Arbeitspapier
When Cape Slavery Ended: Evidence from a New Slave Emancipation Dataset
The emancipation of the enslaved across the British Empire in 1834 is one of the major events in world history. Slave-owners received cash compensation for freeing the enslaved. In the Cape Colony, appraisers assigned a value to the former slaves which was later used to calculate the compensation. We transcribed 37,412 valuation records and matched them to compensation claims to compile a novel emancipation dataset. Our analysis of these individual-level records gives us a new picture of the enslaved population in the Cape at the time of the emancipation. We highlight the nature and distribution of the Cape valuations, noting differences between districts in the enslaved and slave-owner populations. This new dataset not only allows us to ask new questions about an understudied period in South African history, but can illuminate broader discussions about the impact of slavery on economic development, in South Africa and beyond
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: African Economic History Working Paper Series ; No. 53/2019
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Economic History: Financial Markets and Institutions: Africa; Oceania
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Africa; Oceania
- Thema
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slave valuation
emancipation
compensation
British Empire
Cape Colony
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Ekama, Kate
Fourie, Johan
Hesse, Hans
Martin, Lisa
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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African Economic History Network (AEHN)
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s.l.
- (wann)
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2020
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Ekama, Kate
- Fourie, Johan
- Hesse, Hans
- Martin, Lisa
- African Economic History Network (AEHN)
Entstanden
- 2020
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