Freedmen's Employment Registers
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872
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content: 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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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 4.1.6
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content: Archival materials
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content: The two volumes of freedmen's employment registers are dated April 1864–April 1865, 1 (91) and 2 (92). The registers overlap in dates: Volume 1 (91) is dated April 1864–January 1865 and Volume 2 (92), June 1864–April 1865. The entries within the registers are arranged chronologically. Each entry records for the freedman the name, age, and sex; the names of former owners; former residence; and the name and residence of the employer.