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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00066.032 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Pearce family correspondence |
| Title | Eben Pearce to sister about registering negroes |
| Date | 5 August 1863 |
| Author | Pearce, Eben (fl. 1860-1869) |
| Recipient | Pearce, Selina |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his sister, likely Selina, about registering Negroes in town. Explains that Negroes are to be registered as free, slave or as employed by whites. |
| Subjects | African American History Soldier's Letter Union Forces Military History Slavery Freemen |
| People | Pearce, Eben Pearce, Selina |
| Place written | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |