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Monthly Report of Operations and Conditions, January 1868
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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
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