Title	Monthly Report of Operations and Conditions, January 1868
Record type	Report
Creator	Nelson, J. K.
Date of creation	1868-01-xx
Series	Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee, 1865-1869 M999
Description	The title of this record is: “ Bureau R. F + A L Office Sub Asst Comm Nashville Tenn Feby 6/68 W 22 LRACCI 1868 Walsh, Michl Sub-Asst Comr Monthly Report of the Conditions of the Freedmen in the Nashville Sub-Dist for the month ending Jany 21, 1868 Rutherford County Superintendent J. K. Nelson’s report for January 1868 is extensive and wide ranging in topics covered. Nelson commits a substantial portion of his report to describing the labor market for freedmen. Nelson remarks on the average wages freedmen are being paid, freedmen transitioning from share cropping to wage labor, etc. Nelson notes of labor exploitation by employers. Nelson also comments on bounty claims and they are not being paid out. Nelson comments on other miscellaneous items like Ku Klux Klan activity in the area.
Additional notes	Series M999, Reel 18, [Frame 628-632]
Geographic location	Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Walsh, Michael Nelson, J. K. Mrs. Ford York, Ned
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County Rutherford County (Tenn.) United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence
Coverage	1860-1869
Contributing institution	National Archives and Records Administration
Medium	Microfilm
Bibliographic citation	[Document title, date]. Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869. Series M999, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	Public domain
Collection name	Freedmen's Bureau Records