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Contents Acknowledgments ix introDuction xi The Records xiii The Freedmen and Southern Society Project xv eDitoriAl metHoD xix Elements of a Document xxv symbols AnD AbbreViAtions xxvii Editorial Symbols xxvii Symbols Used to Describe Manuscripts xxviii Abbreviations for Record Groups in the National Archives of the United States xxix Short Titles xxx Military and Other Abbreviations xxxii lAnD AnD lAbor, 1865 1 cHApter 1 The Novel Condition of Freedom 71 cHApter 2 Overseeing Freedom 170 cHApter 3 Coming to Terms 309 cHApter 4 The Land Question 392 cHApter 5 Points of Contention 494 cHApter 6 Dependency and Relief 598 cHApter 7 Measures of Independence 680 cHApter 8 Settling Up 746 cHApter 9 Specters of Insurrection 796 cHApter 10 Lessons Learned 909 Index 997 This page intentionally left blank ...

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