When slavery was abolished in 1865, 58 formerly enslaved persons agreed to work for Charles Lewis Bullock. All of these 58 persons, recorded in the records of the Arkansas Freedmen Bureau, were former slaves on this large estate, known as Sylvan Home. This cotton plantation was located in Clark County near the town of Arkadelphia. ...
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