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• Commercial transaction
  An event in which an enslaved person is part of a transaction that involves the buying or selling of goods, services, or labor
• Commercial transaction: Appraisal
  An event in which an enslaved person is reviewed and assigned a monetary value, often in anticipation of sale.
• Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
  An event in which an enslaved person is hired out to an individual other than their primary enslaver for a period of time
• Commercial transaction: Enslaved loan
  An event in which an enslaved person is loaned to an individual other than their primary enslaver for a period of time (without monetary compensation to the primary enslaver)
• Commercial transaction: Services
  An event in which an enslaved person is buying or selling of services (laundry, mending, blacksmithing, midwifery)
• Commercial transaction: Small goods
  An event in which an enslaved person is buying or selling small goods (crafts, foodstuffs, etc.)
• Communication
  An event in which an enslaved person imparts or exchanges information with another person.
• Communication: Autobiography
  An instance in which an enslaved person relates or writes their life story
• Communication: Correspondence
  An event in which an enslaved person receives or sends a note or letter.
• Communication: Testimony
  An instance in which an enslaved person relates or writes an account of an event or circumstances
• Education
  An event in which an enslaved person is being educated
• Education: Teaching
  An event in which an enslaved person is teaching someone else
• Freedom status transaction
  An event in which an enslaved person is part of a transaction that changes their status or ownership
• Freedom status transaction: Dispute
  An event in which there is a dispute over an enslaved person’s freedom status
• Freedom status transaction: Emancipation
  An event in which an enslaved person is freed by an order of a state
• Freedom status transaction: Enslavement
  An event in which a person’s status changes from free to enslaved
• Freedom status transaction: Exchange
  An event in which an enslaved person is exchanged for another enslaved person or goods by a free person who has control over them
• Freedom status transaction: Manumission
  An event in which an enslaved person is freed by an owner(s)
• Freedom status transaction: Purchase [Deprecated]
  An event in which an enslaved person is purchased by a free person or an organization
• Freedom status transaction: Sale
  An event in which an enslaved person is sold by their owner(s)
• Freedom status transaction: Transfer
  An event in which ownership or control of an enslaved person is transferred from one entity to another
• Health
  An event in which an enslaved person is ill or undergoes a major bodily issue, sometimes requiring attendance from a healthcare provider
• Health: Childbirth
  An event in which a woman gives birth to a child
• Health: Illness
  An event in which an enslaved person experiences sickness or disease
• Health: Injury
  An event in which an enslaved person experiences a physical trauma to the body through accident, assault, or other causes
• Health: Medical treatment
  An event in which an enslaved person receives treatment for illness, injury, or other medical conditions
• Health: Pregnancy
  An event in which an enslaved person is pregnant
• Intra-community conflict
  An event in which enslaved people are in conflict with one another
• Intra-community conflict: Physical altercation
  An event in which enslaved people are involved in a physical altercation with one another
• Intra-community conflict: Theft
  An event in which an enslaved person steals something from another enslaved person
• Intra-community conflict: Verbal altercation
  An event in which enslaved people are involved in a verbal altercation with one another
• Labor
  An event in which an enslaved person is performing some kind of work
• Labor: Agricultural
  An event in which a person works to raise a crop or livestock
• Labor: Artisanal
  An event in which a person participates in labor that requires specialized knowledge and experience, e.g. carpentry, blacksmithing, tailoring, shoemaking
• Labor: Domestic
  An event in which a person works at the tasks required to keep a home, e.g. cooking, cleaning, laundry
• Labor: Midwifery
  An event in which a person assists with the birthing of a child
• Labor: Sex work
  An event in which a person engages in sexual activity in exchange for money or goods. That compensation, like other hired-out labor, usually benefited the person’s owner.
• Labor: Skilled [Depricated]
  An event in which a person participates in labor that requires specialized knowledge and experience, e.g. carpentry, blacksmithing, tailoring, shoemaking
• Labor: Teaching assistant
  An event in which a person serves as an assistant to an instructor
• Legal
  An event that involves a legal filing or proceeding related to an enslaved person
• Legal: Agreement
  An event in which two parties come to an agreement with respect to an enslaved person that is articulated in an official document
• Legal: Civil action
  A legal dispute involving an enslaved person based on a non-criminal issue
• Legal: Criminal action
  A legal dispute involving an enslaved person that relates to a criminal statute
• Legal: Dowry
  A legal filing involving an enslaved person related to the transfer of property on the occasion of a marriage
• Legal: Freedom petition
  A legal petition from an enslaved person claiming their freedom rights
• Legal: Manumission registration
  A legal filing that registers the freeing of an enslaved person
• Legal: Probate
  A legal filing that provides an accounting of a person’s estate after their death
• Legal: Removal registration
  A legal filing that registers the removal of an enslaved person from their home state to another state
• Legal: Tax filing
  A legal filing that provides an accounting of property for the purposes of taxation or dispute about taxation
• Legal: Will
  A legal filing outlining a person’s wishes for the disposition of their property upon their death