Dangerous Harbor Project: Accomack County Court Orders, 1690-1697

Dangerous Harbor Project provides 50 TIFF files of court orders from Accomack County, Virginia, dated 1690-1697. The documents were created to settle disputes, issue punishments, and identify escaped unfree laborers in the 17th century Chesapeake. Kara Long authored this dataset, which was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Analyze legal punishments and fines based on the described court orders.
• Study disputes between residents in Accomack County based on the described settlement documents.
• Research the identification and recapture of escaped unfree laborers based on the described historical records.

Strengths

• Contains 50 high-resolution TIFF image files.
• Covers a specific 7-year period from 1690 to 1697.
• Focuses on a well-defined geographic area: Accomack County, Virginia.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 1.2 GB size suggests high-resolution images, which may require specialized tools for analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Scanned historical documents.

Time Range

1690-1697

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 14:33:20; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Accomack County, Virginia, Chesapeake region.