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Sharecropping agreement between David Higgins and other freedmen with C. P. Montgomery in Oktibbeha County.

Records related to Hugh M. Foley in the Freedmen’s Bureau’s Register of Complaints entered at Magnolia, Mississippi, in 1868.

George Edwards' Civil War service claim.

Milton Coates listed as a school pupil in Vicksburg.

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.

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

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"

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."

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

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