OTG Event Model Documentation
On These Grounds Project
  • Introduction
  • 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
      • Description of Health-related Events
    • Person Record Properties
      • Description of Person
      • Description of Family Relationships
      • Description of Context
    • Organization Record Properties
    • Place Record Properties
  • Controlled Vocabularies
    • What's New
    • Event Types
      • Commercial Transaction
      • Communication
      • Education
      • Freedom Status
      • Health
      • Intra-Community Conflict
      • Labor
      • Legal
      • Life Event
      • Membership or Participation
      • Mention
      • Provision
      • Religious or Sacramental
      • Resistance
      • Social Interaction
      • Travel
      • Violence
    • Action Status
    • Certainty
    • Freedom Status
    • Place Types
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  1. Controlled Vocabularies

Freedom Status

A controlled vocabulary to indicate the state of freedom or enslavement of the primary participant that the time of the event

Enslaved

A condition of perpetual hereditary unfreedom that is central to the system of forced labor

Free

A condition of autonomy and self possession that allows a person to control their own labor, movement, and social engagement

Transition

A condition of freedom that is in transition from enslaved to free or free to enslaved

Unknown

A condition in which a person’s status as enslaved or free cannot be inferred from the available information

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