U.S. Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1871
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Title
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U.S. Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1871
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Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874
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Creator
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Freedman's Savings and Trust Company
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Publisher
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National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Place
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Washington, DC
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Extent
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Micropublication M816, 27 rolls.
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Language
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English
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Temporal coverage
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1865-1871
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Description
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The Freedman's Bank was established after the civil war as a financial institution catering to African American families. It served approximately 70,000 clients and managed about $57 million dollars worth of funds. It was closed in 1874 due to mismanagement and fraud.
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Accessed online at www.Ancestry.com
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| Cashions, George |
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| Chapman, Mahala French |
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| Clarkson, Nathan H. |
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| Collins, Richard |
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| Dollins, John |
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| Foster, William H. [1] |
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| Gilliard, Harvey |
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| Johnson, Elizabeth |
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| Johnson, Henry [2] |
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| Johnson, Marcellus |
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| Johnson, Phelicia |
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| Johnson, Walker |
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| Johnson, William [1] |
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| Johnson, William [2] |
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| Moore, William |
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| Morgan, Adison |
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| Morgan, Thomas |
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| Moses, Solomon Robert |
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| Redd, Peggy |
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| Reynolds, Ellen Wheatley |
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| Riddle, Samuel |
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| Scott, Margaret |
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| Thomas, Fielding |
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| unknown, Bailey [2] |
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