The islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. John's river, Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negroes now made free by the... Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography - Page 309by Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 512 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 574 pages
...exclusive use of the freedmen :— " I. The islands from Charleston south, the abandoned ricefields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea,...United States. "II. At Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville the blacks may remain in their chosen or accustomed vocations... | |
| Frederic Seebohm - Enslaved persons - 1865 - 52 pages
...field, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 16, 1865. " 1. The islands from Charleston south, the abandoned rice fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. John Kiver, Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negroes now made free by... | |
| Frederic Seebohm - African Americans - 1865 - 48 pages
...Savannah, Ga., Jan. 16, 1805. " 1. The islands from Charleston south, the abandoned rice fields alongithe rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. John River, Florida, are reserved and set apart for ths settlement of the negroes now made free by... | |
| Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1865 - 410 pages
...Jan. 16, 1865. ) " I. The islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice-fields along the river for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. John River, Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negroes now made free by... | |
| Samuel Mosheim Smucker - United States - 1865 - 1244 pages
...January 16th, 1865. "I. The islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice-fields along the river, for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. Johns river, Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negroes now made free by... | |
| Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives - 1866 - 754 pages
...approved by the President of the United States, the islands south of Charleston, the abandoned rice fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea,...the country bordering the St. John's River, Florida, were reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negroes made free by the acts of war and the... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 876 pages
...SAVAXNAII, GA., January 16, 1S65, ;' I. The islands from Charleston, South, the abandoned rice-fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea,...United States. II. At Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernindina, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville, the blacks m»y remain in their chosen or accustomed vocations—... | |
| William Tecumseh Sherman - Generals - 1875 - 428 pages
...SAVANNAH, GEOEGIA, January 16, 1865. < 1. The islands from Charleston south, the abandoned rice-fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea,...of war and the proclamation of the President of the United States. 2. At Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville,... | |
| William Tecumseh Sherman - Generals - 1875 - 416 pages
...SAVAJTNAH, GEORGIA, January 16, 1865. f 1. The islands from Charleston south, the abandoned rice-fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea,...acts of war and the proclamation of the President of tho United States. 2. At Beaufort, Ililton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville,... | |
| Francis Henry Buffum - United States - 1882 - 538 pages
...the river for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering on the St. John's River in Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement...of war and the proclamation of the President of the United States." Gen. Rufus Saxton was appointed " Inspector of Settlements and Plantations," and a... | |
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