Records Relating to Abandoned Property
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M999, Series 18
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content: Archival materials
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content: There are five series of records relating to abandoned lands that include such information as the name of the former owner of the abandoned land and often a statement of his political leanings; the property's location; the size, number, and type of buildings on it; the name of the person or persons to whom the land was leased; and often the terms of the lease. Before the establishment of the Bureau, special agents of the Treasury Department were responsible for abandoned land and property. As the Freedmen's Bureau began operations in the States, the special agents transferred their responsibilities to officials of the Bureau. The five series are as follows below in their own series.