Date Original
1867
Description
This ledger records of the amounts of provisions, clothing, medicines, ginning, extra labor, and interest advanced to freedmen working at Leek Plantation during 1867.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was established by Congress in 1865 to provide relief assistance to freed slaves and poor whites in the South. This ledger details transactions at Leek Plantation in accordance with the contract with W.R. Vaughan and Company, approved by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, District of Little Rock. The ledger lists the names of the freedmen working at Leek's Plantation in eastern Pulaski County, Arkansas, in 1867, and recorded the supplies and cash they were paid.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Subjects
Plantations--Arkansas; Freedmen--United States; Freedmen; United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Geographical Area
Pulaski County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000233
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Leek Plantation Freedmen's Bureau ledger, MS.000233
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Leek Plantation Freedmen's Bureau ledger, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
