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O.O. Howard Explains Why He Supports Closing the Freedmen’s Bureau Dec. 1868
No white man is as associated with the Freedmen’s Bureau as O.O. Howard. The “Christian General” Howard was appointed Commissioner of the Bureau in May…
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Rejoicing at News that the Infernal Freedmen’s Bureau to Close at End of 1868
Those who hoped to advance the cause of white supremacy after the Civil War found themselves stymied by the Freedmen’s Bureau. This Federal agency set…
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O.O. Howard Appointed Head of Freedmen’s Bureau May 1865
Although many historians now date the start of Reconstruction to the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 or even earlier, the creation of the Freedman’s…
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