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Box Microfilm/8

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Department of the Treasury: National Archives, 1861-1864

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Scope and Contents

Includes general records regarding Port Royal area land and cotton confiscated by the Union Army, also includes information regarding appointment of a general agent over Sea Island cotton and employment of slaves with paid wages. Some documents discuss religious and educational instruction of freedmen by northern missionaries and philanthropists and lists the names of some freedmen who purchased land in the area.

Dates: 1826-1889