Registers of Black Persons
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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 4.1.5
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content: Archival materials
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content: The eleven volumes of registers of black persons are undated and are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of name or surname of the person. The entries give the name, age, sex, class of laborer, and wages of former slave; the name and residence of the former owner; and the name and parish of the present employer.