The Cowenhoven Project

Enslaver Cluster Map

Recovering Black Lives from Enslaver Archives in New York and New Jersey
Nineteen branch-geographic clusters · Data Set 6.04.26    ↩ cowenhoven.org/enslavers/

Documented enslavers (solid)

Willem sub-branch (Gerrit²)
Jan sub-branch (Gerrit²)
Frans sub-branch (Jacob²) — Westchester line
Jansen sub-branch (Jacob²) — Dutchess line
Bergen gap (unresolved)

Branch families — no enslavers yet (outline)

Jacob² branch (cp_fam_004 line)
Pieter² branch (cp_fam_005 line)

Pin size

scaled by cluster member count
"No enslavers yet" = research-status gap, not necessarily a factual one. Investigation of these branches for enslavement is ongoing.