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Bookmark or Share- Freedmen’s Bureau ‑ Definition, Purpose & Act | HISTORYThe Freedmen’s Bureau, formally known as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former Black slaves and poor whites in the...
- Freedmen’s Bureau | History & Facts | BritannicaFreedmen’s Bureau (formally the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands), agency created by Congress during Reconstruction to provide aid to 4,000,000 newly freed African Americans in their transition from slavery to freedom. It distributed food, built hospitals, and established schools.
- The Freedmen's Bureau | National ArchivesThe Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Record Group 105), also known as the Freedmen’s Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of Congress on March 3, 1865.
- Freedman - WikipediaA freedman or freedwoman is a person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, slaves were freed by manumission (granted freedom by their owners), emancipation (granted freedom as part of a larger group), or self-purchase.
- The Freedmen's Bureau Records | National Museum of African ...The United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau, was created by Congress in 1865 to assist in the political and social reconstruction of post-war Southern states and to help formerly enslaved people make the transition from slavery to freedom and citizenship.
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