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Signature of Edmund Scarborough from an 1871 letter to Governor Alcorn.

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Signature of Cicero Mitchell, from an 1871 letter to Governor Alcorn.

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Signature of Peter Barrow from an 1873 Freedmen's Bureau document

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Signature of Monroe Bell from an 1873 Freedmen's Bureau document

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J. F. Boulden's Freedmen's School Report for June 1868. He reports an average attendance of 75. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools: "Not very good at present."Remarks: "My night school that I reported last month is closed."

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J. F. Boulden's Freedmen's School Report for July 1868. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools: "Very bad in some cases" Remarks: "Politics has run so high that it has made money very scarce"

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Signature of Jesse Freeman Boulden from an 1868 Freedmen's School report

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Richard Christmas and family listed in the Freedmen's Bureau Register of Former Slaves. He is listed as the foreman on Calvit Roberts' Twin Oaks Plantation near Hazlehurst.

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Milton Coates listed as a school pupil in Vicksburg.

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George Edwards' Civil War service claim.

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