The Mejba Census Database of Enslaved and Free Blacks in Nineteenth-Century Tunisia is a microhistorical digital humanities project that uses tax census records and correspondence from the Mejba Fiscal Registers to document the lives of enslaved West Africans and free Black populations in nineteenth-century Tunisia.

The database brings together historical and demographic information on individuals and communities, including their trans-Saharan and trans-regional origins, sex, race, ethnicity, occupations, legal and social categories, places of settlement, and geographical distribution across Tunisia.

Developed in collaboration with Walk With Web Inc. through the Regenerated Identities (RegID) initiative, the project is supported through the development of digital infrastructure, database architecture, metadata organization, and long-term sustainability planning for the platform. Through RegID, the project becomes part of a wider network of African and Black Digital Humanities initiatives focused on preserving, organizing, and expanding access to histories related to Africa and the African diaspora.

The project is directed by Prof. Ismael Montana at Northern Illinois University, whose research focuses on the histories of slavery, race, and Black communities in North Africa and the wider Sahara-Sahel region. Through his leadership, the project brings together archival research and digital humanities methodologies to document and preserve the histories of enslaved and free Black populations in nineteenth-century Tunisia.