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BRANCH FAMILY PAPERS, #2718, 1788-1919
Personal, business, and political papers of four generations of the family of John Branch, planter and politician. Correspondence includes frequent references to plantation life, black slaves/workers, and concerns over the Civil War. Folder #134 contains an undated contract for labor with freedmen (late 1850s), and subseries 2.1.2 and 2.2.2 include information on freedmen. Microfilm available.
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