The Danish West Indies Panel

Name: The Danish West Indies Panel
Published: 2024-09-18

Dimitrios Theodoridis

doi:10.5878/05g8-5n03

The Danish West Indies Panel

https://doi.org/10.5878/05g8-5n03

Economic-demographic panel dataset over the Danish West Indies (current-day US Virgin Islands), 1760-1914. The dataset contains demographic information on the population, and their ownership of property. The dataset has been assembled from primary sources in the Danish National Archive's collection, for more than 50 benchmark years. The dataset contains information about historical individuals, but all individuals are long deceased, so the dataset is in a legal sense not personal data.

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Klas Rönnbäck - University of Gothenburg - Department for Economy and Society
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Stefania Galli - University of Gothenburg - Department for Economy and Society
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Dimitrios Theodoridis - Stockholm University - Department for Economic History and International Relations
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Research principal:

University of Gothenburg
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Data contains personal data:

Citation:

Data access level:

Access to data is restricted

Language:

Danish
English

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis:

Geographic unit
Household
Individual
Family

Population:

The total population on the island of St. Croix, in the Danish West Indies, during the period 1760-1914.

Description of sampling:

Full population on the island of St. Croix, no sampling. Data has been collected for 59 benchmark years, with as regular intervals as the sources allow for.

Time period(s) investigated:

18th century - 20th century
1760 - 1914

Variables:

274

Data format/data structure:

Numeric
Text

Data collection - Transcription

Mode of collection:

Transcription

Description of the mode of collection:

Data has been transcribed manually from historical sources kept in the Danish National Archive. The transcription has been undertaken by the researchers involved in the project, and by research assistants employed particularly for the project.

Time period(s) for data collection:

2018 - 2023

Data collector:

University of Gothenburg
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Source of the data:

Registers/Records/Accounts: Historical
Registers/Records/Accounts

Geographic coverage

Geographic location:

US Virgin Islands

Geographic description:

The island of St. Croix, one of the three islands in current-day US Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean. During the period covered by the dataset, these islands constituted the Danish West Indies.

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit:

Department for Economy and Society

Contributor(s):

Kathrine Faust Larsen - University of Gothenburg

Funding

Funding agency:

Swedish Research Council
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Award number:

2018-01840_VR

Award title:

Reversal of fortune or persistence of wealth? Institutions and wealth inequality in a Caribbean plantation economy, 1750s to 1917

Funding agency:

Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius stiftelse
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Award number:

P18-0020

Award title:

Reversal of fortune or persistence of wealth? Institutions and wealth inequality in a Caribbean slave plantation economy, 1750s to 1917

Funding information:

https://www.wallander-hedelius-browaldh.handelsbanken.se/sv/beviljade-anslag/foretagsekonomi-varen-2018

Topic and keywords

CESSDA Topic Classification:

Demography (population, vital statistics, and censuses)
Censuses
Economic conditions and indicators
Housing
Land use and planning
History

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Economic history
History

INSPIRE topic categories:

Economy
Society

Keywords:

Social inequality
Colonialism
Wealth
Social history
Slavery
Enslaved persons
Economic history
Addresses
Agricultural and aquaculture facilities
Buildings
Land use
Population distribution — demography
Historical demography
Slaves
Inequality
Colonialism
Social history
Property
Wealth
Economic history
Slavery
History (discipline)
Caribbean
Slave owners
Colonialism
Demography
Social history
Economic inequality
Slavery
Property records
Wealth
Enslaved people

Publications

Citation:

Galli, Stefania, Klas Rönnbäck and Dimitrios Theodoridis (2023): Reconstructing a slave society: Building the DWI panel, 1760-1914. Göteborg Papers in Economic History no. 32.

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Versions

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5878/05g8-5n03Opens in a new tab

Data added:
Alternative dataset with smaller correction of one category of the population (see codebook)

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2024-09-18

Version:

DOI:

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Published:

2024-05-28

Contact

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Version:

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5878/05g8-5n03Opens in a new tab

Data added:
Alternative dataset with smaller correction of one category of the population (see codebook)

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2024-09-18

Version:

DOI:

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Published:

2024-05-28

The Danish West Indies Panel

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Population:

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Data collection - Transcription

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