Event Type Controlled Vocabulary

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• Life Event

  An event involving an enslaved person that is part of the normal course of a human lifetime
• Life Event: Birth

  An event in which a person is born
• Life Event: Burial

  An event in which an enslaved person is interred
• Life Event: Death

  An event in which an enslaved person dies
• Life event: Grandparenthood

  An event in which a person becomes a grandparent
• Life Event: Marriage

  An event in which an enslaved person participates in a ritual to mark their commitment to a long term relationship with another person
• Life event: Parenthood

  An event in which a person becomes a parent
• Membership or participation

  An event in which an enslaved person joins or participates in a group
• Membership or participation: Fraternal organization

  An event in which an enslaved person joins a cooperative organization of peers
• Membership or participation: Military

  An event in which an enslaved person joins a segment of armed forces
• Mention

  An event in which an enslaved person is noted in an unspecified way, e.g. correspondence that notes an encounter
• Mention: Disappearance

  An event in which an enslaved person is missing for an indeterminate reason
• Mention: Inventory

  An event in which an enslaved person is recorded in a list of enslaved people or other property (excluding legal documents)
• Narrative [Depricated]

  An event in which an enslaved person tells their own story
• Provisions

  An event in which provisions are acquired for use by enslaved people
• Provisions: Clothing

  An event in which clothing for an enslaved person is purchased, is bartered for, or is made
• Provisions: Food

  An event in which food for an enslaved person is purchased, is bartered for, or is prepared
• Provisions: Housing

  An event in which housing for an enslaved person is purchased, is bartered for, or is made
• Provisions: Supplies

  An event in which other supplies for an enslaved person is purchased, is bartered for, or is made
• Religious

  An event in which an enslaved person participates that is religious in nature, sometimes involving the presence of a member of the clergy
• Religious: Baptism

  An event in which an enslaved person is initiated into a Christian denomination
• Religious: Communion

  An event in which a person participates in the reception of the Eucharist
• Religious: Confession

  An event in which a person confesses their sins to a priest and seeks absolution
• Religious: Last Rites

  An event in which a member of the clergy offers a blessing sacrament and final absolution for individuals on the verge of death
• Religious: Marriage Sacrament

  An event in which two people are bound in matrimony that is officiated by a member of the clergy