Registers of Proceedings in Freedmen's Court
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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 2: Offices of Staff Officers / 2.3: Provost Marshal General of Freedmen
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 2.3.7
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content: Archival materials
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content: The two volumes of registers of proceedings in Freedmen's court are dated November 1864–October 1868 and September 1865–March 1866, 1 (134) and 2 (135), respectively. The entries in each volume are arranged chronologically, but the dates of each volume overlap. Both volumes have name indexes. The entries in the volumes give the name of the accused, nature of charge, the date tried, and the sentence of findings or the court.