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1893

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Broadside

Title: [Reconstruction broadside]

Reconstruction broadside re: compensation for lost property. Urges reply " ... the time is fast approaching when it will be impossible to obtain an authentic record of slaves owned and recognized as property by law at that time ... "

GLC09019

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