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Freedmen’s Bureau letter concerning unpaid wages
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands1868
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Writing on behalf of free laborers, a Freedmen’s Bureau agent sent this letter to their employer, requesting that their wages be paid in full. The workers had only received one-third of their earnings for picking 58 bales of cotton. As the South transitioned to a free-labor system, Bureau agents stepped in to resolve such disputes.
LI-2018-33.04
Details
- Title: Freedmen’s Bureau letter concerning unpaid wages
- Creator: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
- Date Created: 1868
- Location Created: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Subject Keywords: Reconstruction, sharecropping
- Original Source: Louisiana State University Libraries
- Rights: Edward J. Gay and Family Papers, Special Collections, LSU Libraries, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
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