Event Type Controlled Vocabulary

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• Religious: Music

  An event in which a person sings or plays an instrument as a form of worship or religious praise
• Religious: Ordination

  An event in which a bishop ordains a person into the priesthood or ministry
• Religious: Preaching

  An event in which a person delivers a sermon or a homily in the context of religious worship
• Resistance

  An event in which an enslaved person takes action to resist their status or treatment, or that of a compatriot
• Resistance: Appeal

  A written or oral request for change in treatment or circumstances
• Resistance: Defense

  An event in which one person comes to the defense of self or another person
• Resistance: Freedom seeking

  An event in which an enslaved person leaves the controlling jurisdiction of their owner permanently or for a time
• Resistance: Property appropriation

  An event in which someone appropriates property or provisions that are not technically under their control
• Resistance: Property destruction

  An event in which someone purposefully damages someone else's property
• Resistance: Work slowdown or stoppage

  An event in which an enslaved person performs work slowly or not at all
• Social Interaction

  An event in which an enslaved person engages with another person outside of the context of a work-related interaction
• Social interaction: Celebration

  An event in which an enslaved person attends a celebratory gathering
• Social interaction: Ceremony (attending)

  An event in which an enslaved person attends a communal rite or ritual such as a wedding or a funeral
• Social interaction: Dancing

  An event in which an enslaved person dances
• Social interaction: Drinking alcohol

  An event in which an enslaved person consumes alcohol
• Social interaction: Gambling

  An event in which an enslaved person makes a wager of money or goods on the outcome of an event, game, or sport
• Social interaction: Games and sports

  An event in which an enslaved person plays a game or engages in a sporting activity
• Social interaction: Gathering

  An event in which an enslaved person congregates with others
• Social interaction: Music

  An event in which an enslaved person plays an instrument or sings
• Social interaction: Visit

  An event in which an enslaved person travels to meet with another person for non-work-related reason
• Travel

  An event in which an enslaved person moves from one location to another, often at the behest of an owner or trader
• Travel: Importation

  An event in which an enslaved person of African descent is brought to the Americas, e.g. a transatlantic voyage from an African port to the Chesapeake region via ship
• Travel: Relocation

  An event in which an enslaved person is transferred from one primary residence to another
• Travel: Temporary

  An event in which an enslaved person moves from one location to another for a finite period of time, e.g. the transfer of someone from one farm to another for a work assignment, or the granting of a travel pass for a person to visit family
• Violence

  An event in which an enslaved person is involved in a violent altercation, often at the hands of another, frequently a non-enslaved person