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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865 - 1869.
National Archives Microfilm Publication M1027 Roll 34
"Miscellaneous Reports and Lists Relating to Murders and Outrages Mar. 1867 - Nov. 1868"
Supplemental List of Murders and Outrages committed in the State of Louisiana During the Month of November 1868 as reported to Headquarters Bureau R. F. and A. Lands, La.
| Date Reported |
On whom committed |
Nature of Outrage |
Action of civil authorities and remarks |
| St. Martin |
| December 1st |
Joe 'c |
Shot and killed |
About 2 weeks since by Mr. Arthur Baras, no coroner inquest nor action taken. Agent made affidavit, warrant issued & case to be examined Dec. 3, 1868. |
| Natchitoches, Sabine & Winn |
| November 20th |
Anderson West 'c |
Hanging up & beating |
For political reasons, no action taken. |
| November 20th |
Benjamin Watson 'c |
Life threatened |
For political reasons, no action taken. |
| November 20th |
Joe Smith 'c |
Life threatened |
For political reasons, no action taken. |
| November 20th |
Thomas Alexander 'c |
Life threatened |
For political reasons, no action taken. |
| November 20th |
Tur Friedmen 'c |
Defrauding of share of crop |
Case under investigation by agent. |
| November 20th |
Benjamin Harrison 'c |
Killed |
In August last by Eugene Jordan 'w. |
| Lafayette |
| November 30th |
Laura Cerina Perkins 'c |
Shot in arm |
By a gang of white men night 21st inst., no clue to perpetrators. |
| November 30th |
Samuel Perkins 'c |
Life threatened |
By a gang of white men night 21st inst., no clue to perpetrators |
| November 30th |
Macel 'c |
Killed |
Night of 21st inst., no clue to murderers. |
| November 30th |
Pierre Jean Louis 'c |
Shot, badly wounded, supposed mortally. |
Escaped. H accomplice recognized, arrested, tried, alibi proven & discharged. |
| Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana |
| December 5th |
One Freedman |
Killed Dec. 1st |
Warrant issued (remainder of remarks cut off of page) |
| Union and Morehouse |
| November 30th |
Green Fenton 'c |
Shot and badly wounded |
By William Tucker 'w on the 22nd inst. Tucker arrested and placed under $2500 bond to await result of his wounds. |
| November 30th |
One Freedman
L. Hubbard 'w
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Killed
Seriously stabbed
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On 20th inst. a freedman name unknown was killed in upper part of Parish. A few days previous he had a difficulty with Hubbard in which Hubbard was stabbed. No evidence could be found that he Hubbard committed the murder. |
| Caddo and Bossier |
| November 30th |
Agent states "The District Court is now in session, that two white men were found guilty of murder for the killing of two freedmen near Shreveport, immediately after election." Sentence not yet passed. |
Recapitulation
Outrages resulting in Death Five
Other outrages Eleven
TOTAL Sixteen
I certify that the foregoing is a correct statement of the murders and outrages as compiled from the records for the month of November 1868.
Headquarters Bureau R. F. and A. Lands Edward Hatch
New Orleans, La. December 11th 1868 Brivet Major General U. S. A.
Asst. Commissioner for Louisiana
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