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, located in eastern Pulaski County, Arkansas, 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.
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Leek Plantation Freedmen's Bureau ledger, 1867
Bound ledger listing the names of freedmen working at Leek's Plantation in eastern Pulaski County, Arkansas, as well as the amount of provisions, clothing, medicines, ginning, and interest advanced to them.
