Ted JanneyTracing Slave Transactions: Predicting EscapeNow comes the ultimate step of my investigation into the slave database. Having acquired, cleaned, visualized and tested the data, it’s…Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2021
Ted JanneyTracing Slave History in Louisiana: Statistical SignificanceThis is the next post in a continuing series examining the use of datasets in the study of history. Today, I’m going to explore the world…Dec 29, 2021Dec 29, 2021
Ted JanneyTracing Slave History in Louisiana: VisualizationsI want you for a moment to close your eyes and imagine Louisiana, 1758. New Orleans isn’t even 40 years old. Outside the little colony, a…Dec 20, 2021Dec 20, 2021
Ted JanneyTracing Slave History in Louisiana: Data CleaningOK, picking up where I left off. It’s time to clean this data! To see what I mean, observe the following list of datatypes in the database…Dec 13, 2021Dec 13, 2021
Ted JanneyTracing Slavery in Louisiana: Data AcquisitionAcquiring data is never easy when all the subjects are deadDec 12, 2021Dec 12, 2021
Ted JanneyTracing Slavery OverviewIn 2012, I was finishing work on my historiography course. It was a fascinating course, taught as a series of films, primary sources…Oct 21, 2021Oct 21, 2021