Register of Indentures of Colored Orphans (42)
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 8: Indentures, Marriages, and Labor Contracts
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content: Aug. 1865–May 1866
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M826, Subseries 8.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: The Register of Indentures of Colored Orphans, August 1865–May 1866, includes such information as the date of the indenture, name and age of the orphan, term of the agreement, and the name and residence of the employer. There are only four pages in the register, in addition to two pages of duplicate indentures pasted in the volume. The entries in the register are arranged chronologically.