Register of Murders and Outrages
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
- Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 9: Records Relating to Murders and Outrages
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Identifier
- NMAAHC.FB.M1027, Subseries 9.1
- 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
- The bound volume, a register of murders and outrages, May 10–December 20, 1868, is arranged by month, thereunder by parish, and thereunder chronologically. Each entry includes the date the incident was reported; names of parish, agent making the report, victim(s), and suspect(s); a brief description of the crime; and other information. In the left margins of the pages are cross–references to related records in other series, especially in registered letters received.
- 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-1588595442873-1588595442912-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0