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Drake, George Bernard, 1838-1921 Regulations for the government of Negroes and plantations.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08446 Author/Creator: Drake, George Bernard, 1838-1921 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Pamphlet Date: February 3, 1864 Pagination: 1 v. : 5 p. : Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 13.1 cm Order a Copy

Issued by command of Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks. Provides for the division of parishes, the establishment of schools for black children, forbids soldiers to visit plantations without written consent of their commanding officer, forbids flogging and other cruel punishments, calls for employers to implement share cultivation and the establishment of banks, etc. Drake issues the order as Assistant Adjutant General.

Drake, George Bernard, 1838-1921
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894

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