Lancashire Public Opinion on Secession During the American Civil War
by Mary Ellison / University of Minnesota
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Description
Lancashire, England, is the geographic focus of this dataset. It likely contains textual or tabular data related to public support for secession during the American Civil War, created by researcher Mary Ellison from the University of Minnesota. The dataset is hosted on Papers with Code, but specific details on size, format, and update history are not provided.
Use Cases
Analyze sentiment in historical texts regarding the Confederacy (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Model the relationship between economic factors and political opinion in 19th-century Britain (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Train a classifier to identify pro- or anti-secession arguments (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
Published on Papers with Code, a platform for linking datasets with research code.
Authored by a researcher affiliated with the University of Minnesota.
Limitations
Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
Row count, file format, and column definitions are unknown.
The license is listed as 'closed', which may restrict use.
Provenance
Source
Mary Ellison, University of Minnesota
Time Range
American Civil War era (1861-1865)
Geography
Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
License is listed as 'closed'; users must verify terms and conditions before use.