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Social Identifiers

A

Abolitionists (39)
African Americans (594)

C

Christians (35)
Christians--Baptists (8)
Christians--Calvinist Presbyterians (1)
Christians--Catholics (5)
Christians--Episcopalians (1)
Christians--Lutherans (1)
Christians--Methodists (7)
Christians--Mormons (2)
Christians--Nazarenes (Church of the Nazarene) (1)
Christians--Presbyterians (5)
Christians--Puritans (1)
Christians--Swedenborgianism (1)
Confederate States of America--War Dissenters (16)
Creoles (3)
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice (129)
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people (211)
Criminal Status--Prisoners' families (12)

D

Divorced or separated individuals (1)

E

Elderly people (1)
Enslaved people (477)
Enslavers (138)

G

Guardian and ward (11)

H

Historically free and newly freed African Americans (238)
Homeless persons (8)

I

Illiterate persons (2)
Immigrants (26)
Impoverished people (505)

J

Jews (5)

M

Mental illness (33)
Military Status--Draft resisters (12)
Military Status--Draftees (253)
Military Status--Military deserters (144)
Military Status--Military families (632)
Military Status--Military pensioners (3)
Military Status--Military stragglers (26)
Military Status--Military substitutes (46)
Military Status--Prisoners of war (127)
Military Status--Veterans (37)

N

Nationality--British (14)
Nationality--Dutch (5)
Nationality--English (3)
Nationality--French (7)
Nationality--German (3)
Nationality--Irish (10)
Nationality--Mexicans (2)
Nationality--Russian (1)
Nationality--Scandinavia (1)
Nationality--Scottish (1)
Nationality--Spanish (2)
Native Americans (17)
Native Americans--Cherokee Nation (1)
Native Americans--Chickasaw Nation (2)
Native Americans--Choctaw Nation (6)
Native Americans--Creek Nation (2)
Native Americans--Pueblo Nation (1)
Native Americans--Seminole Nation (2)

O

Orphans (37)

P

People with disabilities (178)
People with disabilities--Blind (28)
People with disabilities--Deaf (12)
People with disabilities--Mute persons (6)
Pregnant women (2)

R

Refugees (29)

S

Secessionists (34)
Spies (27)

U

Unemployed (3)
Unionists (United States Civil War) (79)

W

Widowers (13)
Widows (103)
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