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Journal of Freedmen's Court at the Home Colony — Davis Bend
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The single–volume journal of the freedmen's court at the Home Colony, June–December 1865 (124), is arranged chronologically. Included in the volume are instructions on the composition of the court and its duties.
- Collection
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
- Archival grouping
- Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.8: Davis Bend
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 3.8.4
Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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