African-American Contraband Fund Autographed Document. for Self-Emancipated Freedmen, 20 February 1863.
[SLAVERY & EMANCIPATION] Autographed document regarding the Contraband Fund. Washington, DC, 20 February 1863. 2 pages, folio, 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 in., on Head Quarters Provost Marshall's Office letterhead. Signed by Henry B. Todd. A precursor to the Freedmen's Bureau, which was not established until 1865, the Contraband Fund.....