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Register of Payrolls of Freedmen on Plantations — Plantation Department

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

The single–volume register of payrolls of freedmen on plantations (96) is undated. It is arranged by parish and thereunder numerically and has a name index to parishes. The entries give the name of the planter, the name of the plantation, and the amount of the payroll.

Collection
Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872
Archival grouping
Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872 / Series 4: Subordinate Office / 4.1: Plantation Department
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 4.1.12

Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872

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