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Identifier
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TiffanyChang-5
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Title
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Marriage Rules
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Description
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A list of marriage rules governing marriages between formerly enslaved Black people after the Civil War, published by the assistant commissioner for South Carolina in 1865.
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Creator
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Rufus Saxton
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Date Created
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August 11, 1865
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Publisher
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The National Archives (https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/spring/freedman-marriage-recs.html)
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Bibliographic Citation
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Headquarters, Assistant Commissioner for South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, General Orders No. 8, Aug. 11, 1865, RG 105, NA.
