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Freedmen’s Bureau Report for Virginia Sept. 30, 1868-The trials of whites for the murder of Negroes
By October, 1868, when this report on the work of the Freedmen’s Bureau in Virginia was published, the Bureau was just three months away from…
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The Freedmen’s Bureau Shut Down on January 1, 1869
The Freedmen’s Bureau was essentially shuttered in January 1, 1869. Only education services (and some medical services) continued. Across the South bureau agents and other…
Freedom Under the Confiscation Act 1862: What the “Emancipation Paper” Said and How It Threatened Slavery
The March 1862 Confiscation Act allowed the Union Army to free slaves who had been employed in the service of the Confederacy. In this article…
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