Name/Title
Janson-La Palme Collection--Statistics on Skilled WorkersEntry/Object ID
2012.007.0055Scope and Content
44 sheets ; 17" x 11" in a 11 7/8" x 20 1/4" folder
Bayly Janson-La Palme worked with Lois Green Carr on economic data about colonial Maryland. Ms. Janson-La Palme then did her own work on economic data about Saint Mary's County from 1790-1870. She relied on census data, assessment records, estate inventories, etc. Her dissertation was based on this material, although the analysis in the dissertation only went up through 1840. The voluminous handwritten data was later transcribed onto 5 1/4" floppy disks using PC WRITE. That data was run on the mainframe computer at the University of Maryland. The disks, spread sheets, and other printouts are at the Hall of Records of the Maryland Archives.
8 sheets titled Slave Craftsmen, Duration in County 1790-1864. Columns included Name of Slave, Occupation, Names of Owners, 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1864. The decade columns show the presence or absence of the slave.
6 sheets titled Skilled Free Negroes 1790-1860. Columns included the Name of the Person, District of Residence, Free Status, How the Skill Was Acquired, Skilled Relatives, Other Skills in Household, Census Entries for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, and Property Entries for 1793, 1800, 1811, 1813, 1821, 1830, 1840, 1843, 1850, 1860.
7 sheets titled Taxable Skilled Slaves 1804-1841. Columns for 1804 include Owner, Location, Carpenter, Blacksmith, Other, Present But Not Identified, Acres, Slaves, Worth, for 1813 Carpenter, Blacksmith, Other, Present But Not Identified, Acres, Slaves, Worth, for 1821and 1831, the same categories as before, for 1841 Carpenter, Blacksmith, Other, 2 columns not legible, Acres, Slaves, Worth. On the 5th sheet the title is Owners of Skilled Slaves. For 1850 the columns are Carpenter, Blacksmith, Other, Source?, Acres, Slaves, Worth, for 1860 Carpenter, Blacksmith, Other, Source?, Acres, Slaves, Worth
7 sheets titled Who Possessed Skilled Slaves? Columns include Owner's Name, Occupation, Date, Acres, Slaves, Worth, next group of columns Date, Acres, Slaves, Worth, Skill of Slave, How Acquired, Fate [sold, died, etc.]
8 sheets comparing blacks and whites in various ways. The first sheet I think was a try out that was abandoned. The next sheet is called Comparison of Blacks and Whites in Skilled Trades arranged by census decades across the top and type of skill on the left edge with lines for white, free black, and slave. The next sheet is Comparison of Blacks and Whites in Maritime Trades, then there is Comparison of Black and White Women, Comparison of Blacks and Whites in Semi-Skilled Trades, [Comparison] of Property Ownership, Male Skilled Populations, and finally [Numbers of] Slave Craftsmen
2 sheets titled Skilled Slaves in Inventories with columns for the Primary Inventory of Master, Date, Age of Master, Occupation, Total Worth, Total Slaves, Percent of Skilled Slaves, Percent of Semi-Skilled Slaves, Carpenters, Blacksmith, Other, and for the Secondary Inventory Total of All 16 years and older, Total Males 16 and Older, Date, Occupation, Total Worth, Total Slaves, Percent of Skilled Slaves, Percent of Semi-Skilled Slaves, Total [Slaves] Over 16, Total Males over 16, Years Traced, Code
5 sheets titled variously. The first sheet is called White Persistence. On the left is a list of skills. The columns list the number of persons with that skill in 1790, then how many were present for a decade, how many left, and how many died. This same information was charted for each decade. The next sheet tried to count whites in selected occupations. The third sheets counted whites in maritime occupations. The fourth sheet is not legible.
1 sheet titled Overseers from 1790-1843. The columns include the Name of the Overseer, Year He Left, Year He Died, Location, 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1840, 1793, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1843, but the numbers entered in the columns are mysterious.Collection
Janson-La Palme CollectionArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1790 - 1860Location
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Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 15Shelf
Rack 03, Shelf 1Rack
Rack 03Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallContainer
Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 15Shelf
Rack 03, Shelf 1Rack
Rack 03Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallContainer
Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 15Shelf
Rack 03, Shelf 1Rack
Rack 03Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallContainer
Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 15Shelf
Rack 03, Shelf 1Rack
Rack 03Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
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Person or Organization
Janson-La Palme, Bayly