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Book

An index of African Americans identified in selected records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Call Number

  • H 929.3396 L424 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Westminster, Md. : Heritage Books, 2008, c1995.

Physical Description

[84] p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

"This publication lists names of African Americans that were identified in letters to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands which was in existence from March 1865 through July 1872. Because of the varied content of the letters received in the Commissioner's Office, the lists in this publication have been divided into three alphabetical indexes"--P. 1.

Contents

  • Index one: African-Americans identified in individual letters and reports which included less than 25 [i.e. 24] names in each
  • Index two: African Americans identified in individual reports, petitions, meetings, and affidavits in which 24 or more names were included
  • Index three: African Americans sent out from the District of Columbia under work contracts approved by the Freedmen's Bureau.

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