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[Two letters by Harrison Stearns, a former slave, to the wife of his former master] [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08945 Author/Creator: Place Written: Oxford, Mississippi Type: Header Record Date: 1867-1868 Pagination: 2 items Order a Copy

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
African American History
Slavery
Freemen
Estate
Land Transaction
Reconstruction

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