Where statistical information is lacking for a particular county, estimates have been supplied based upon "established statistical techniques." A PDF paper describing the methodology for such estimates is provided for download. The tax records used provide county statistics representing the total slave population, total master population, the average number of slaves held by any one slaveholder, and five subsets of slaveholders with a particular number of slaves. All maps and graphs are illustrations of the spatial relationships of the population data contained in the database. A comprehensive population database comprised of tax records from 1837-1845 forms the basis of the site's structure. To evaluate the role of slavery in Texas, the project uses digitized primary source documents and interactive maps and graphs drawn from a database of historical population levels. With such straightforward navigation, users should have no difficulty finding their way through the site. These links can also be accessed by hovering over the name of a specific section in the navigation bar and clicking on the desired link in the drop-down menu.
From there, a table of links on the right side of the screen indicate additional pages relating to that particular section.
One click upon "About the Project," "Explore the Maps," "The Database," or "Primary Sources" leads to a page that introduces each respective area of the site. It is well organized and easy to navigate, owing to the presence of a fixed, drop-down navigation bar running along the header of the page. The site's design is one of the notable features of the project. Nevertheless, the site may still be of use to teachers of more advanced students as a means to illustrate the spread of slavery over a period time. The lack of secondary information and the way in which the data is presented indicates that the project is intended for use as a research aid and tool of analysis. The project provides a database of population statistics and an archive of primary source documents as well as interpretive tools to examine the material. Torget as a means to examine slavery as it spread into the area that became the Republic of Texas. Torget with the sponsorship of the Virginia Center for Digital HistoryĬreated with the sponsorship of the Virginia Center for Digital History, the Texas Slavery Project was developed by Andrew J.
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