This dataset documents 6,547 subscriber names, representing up to 4,000 unique individuals, who financially supported books by three formerly enslaved Black authors: Ottobah Cugoano, Ignatius Sancho, and Olaudah Equiano. It provides a snapshot of England's publishing industry and the social networks supporting Black authors before the 1834 Slavery Abolition Act.
Use Cases
- Analyze the social and financial networks of the three authors by examining the subscriber names and their potential affiliations.
- Study the demographic and geographic distribution of the up to 4,000 unique subscriber individuals to understand the reach of these publications.
- Investigate the relationship between the authors' published works on slavery and the public support evidenced by the subscriber lists.
Strengths
- Contains 6,547 documented subscriber names, a substantial historical record.
- Focuses on three specific, historically significant authors who were formerly enslaved.
- Provides a snapshot of a specific historical period (1782-1794) in England's publishing industry.
Limitations
- The dataset's internal structure, such as specific columns or attributes for each subscriber, is unknown.
- The sample data is unavailable, preventing assessment of data completeness and format.
- The total number of unique individuals (up to 4,000) is an estimate, indicating potential duplicate records.
Provenance
- Source
- Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation Dataverse
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- 1782-1794
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- England