The Freedmen’s Bureau was scheduled to shut down all but its educational functions at the end of 1868. With the Bureau about to close, Blacks submitted petitions to Congress asking either for an extension of the life of the Bureau or for other protections to take its place. We see this effort by the African American community in this round-up from the Democratic New York World on what was happening in Congress in December 1868:
World
Tuesday, Dec 15, 1868
New York, NY
Page: 3
