OTG Event Model Documentation
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  • Ontology
    • What's New
    • Classes
    • Event Record Properties
      • Description of the Event
      • Description of Primary Enslaved Participant
      • Description of Other Participants
      • Description of Transaction Events
      • Description of Movement Events
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      • Description of Person
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  • Controlled Vocabularies
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Communication

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Communication

An event in which an enslaved person imparts or exchanges information with another person.

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Communication: Autobiography

An instance in which an enslaved person relates or writes their life story

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Communication: Correspondence

An event in which an enslaved person receives or sends a note or letter

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Communication: Testimony

An instance in which an enslaved person relates or writes an account of an event or circumstances

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https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/608
https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/510
https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/609
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