Records Relating to Confiscated and Abandoned Lands
Object Details
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- Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Identifier
- NMAAHC.FB.M1027, Series 8
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Scope and Contents
- Six series of records relating to confiscated and abandoned lands are reproduced in this series: three sets of monthly reports of confiscated and abandoned lands prepared by the Assistant Commissioner, his staff officers, and Bureau agents in the field; a register of applications of freedmen for land; registers of applications of former owners for restoration of their property; and the Assistant Commissioner's monthly reports of property returned to owners. The first three sub-series are closely related monthly reports of confiscated and abandoned lands: (1) retained copies of the Assistant Commissioner's reports, August 13–December 31, 1865, and January 31, 1867–December 31, 1868; (2) reports received from subordinate staff officers, September–November 1865 and January 1867–February 1868; and (3) reports received from Bureau agents, September–December 1865 and July 31, 1868. The first and third sub-series are arranged chronologically; the second sub-series is arranged by staff department and thereunder chronologically. The retained copies in the first sub-series are based on information contained in the last two. A typical entry in any of the three sub-series reveals the name of the former owner; locates the property; reflects the increase or decrease of property size since the last report; states the reasons why the property was designated as abandoned or confiscated; and provides a description of the property, including the acreage or size, type of crops and acreage under cultivation (for rural property), or the number and type of buildings.
- Collection Restrictions
- Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: [email protected].
- Record ID
- ebl-1588595442873-1588595442909-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0