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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08912 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Pay and Muster roll with wages for former slaves |
| Date | May 1864 |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Lists approximately 100 freedmen by name on the "Mdme. Rosts Hermitage Plantation, Parish St. Charles," Louisiana, who were under the charge of Federal officer Henry B. Fitch. Next to their names are their ages and wages. In some cases there are notes next to the entries; one is listed as a "Suckler" and one with "Child sick -deduct rations." The plantation was that of Pierre Adolphe Rost (1797-1868), a French immigrant, Louisiana judge, and Confederate diplomat. The Union army had seized the plantation while the Rosts were in Europe, and transformed it into a work colony where freedmen could learn trades. The Rosts reclaimed their home after the Civil War. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Freemen African American History Slavery Muster Rolls and Returns Women's History Children and Family Military Provisions Labor |
| People | Rost, Pierre Adolphe (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | St. Charles Parish, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |