- Collection:
- United States Ex-slave Owners Registration Bureau form letter
- Title:
- United States Ex-slave Owners Registration Bureau form letter
- Date of Original:
- 1890/1899
- Subject:
- Slavery
Slaveholders--Georgia
Savannah (Ga.)--History
Slaves--Georgia
Enslaved persons--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983 - Medium:
- form letters
letters (correspondence)
correspondence - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Form letter from the fraudulent 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 Proclamation so that they could be compensated. 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 Proclamation.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_4289_001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_4289_001-001#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_4289_001-001/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- United States Ex-slave Owners Registration Bureau form letter, ms4289, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
