Rules and regulations for leasing abandoned plantations and employing freedmen
Series: Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom: Primary Sources from Houghton Library
Publisher: U. S. Treasury Department
Published: 1864
Place of publication: Cincinnati, Ohio
Language: eng
Subjects: Freed persons; Employment; African Americans; History; Plantations
Notes: Caption title.

Blank form for leasing of abandoned houses, tenements and lands, issued by the U. S. Treasury Department, effective from date of signing to January 1, 1865. Includes rent to be paid per pound of cotton grown, and wages, food and housing requirements for employed freedmen.

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From the library of Charles Sumner.