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Freedmen's Labor Contracts — Plantation Department
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The single volume of freedmen's labor contracts, September 1863–December 1864 (93), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains an employment register that was probably compiled in 1864.
- 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 4.1.8
Collection: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872
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