United States Ex-slave Owners Registration Bureau form letter, circa 1890s
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Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1890s
- Extent:
- 1 folder(s) 1 form letter
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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United States Ex-slave Owners Registration Bureau form letter, ms4289, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains a form letter from the fradulent United States Ex-slave Owners Registration Bureau assuring former slave owners that by paying a fee, the bureau would register the number of slaves they lost at the time of the Emancipation Proclaimation so that they could be compensated.
- Biographical / historical:
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The United States Ex-slave owners Registration Bureau was a scam targeting former slave owners eager to be reimbursed for the loss of their slaves after the Emancipation Proclaimation.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Slavery.
Slaveholders -- Georgia.
Form letters. - Places:
- Savannah (Ga.)
Access and use restrictions
- Preferred citation:
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United States Ex-slave Owners Registration Bureau form letter, ms4289, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.