Home Farm for Freedmen Account, 1864 Nov. 18. 1 item. Location: Misc.: H. The Home Farm for Freedmen was established at the Ralston Plantation near Jonesville, La., for the care of freed African American slaves. J. C. Hall & Co. was the lessor of the property. An invoice submitted by J. C. Hall & Co. to the Home Farm for Freedmen lists expenses for thirty-two African American men and women, the hire of a mule, and for the loss of an army wagon that had been captured by the Confederate Army. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 5069.