Historical Circular/Announcement: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Head Quarters, Assistant Commissioner, State of Virginia.
Subject
Freedmen's Bureau Act & The Freedmen's Bureau
Title
Historical Circular/Announcement: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Head Quarters, Assistant Commissioner, State of Virginia.
Date
05/01/1867
Type
Historical Circular/Announcement
Description
The National Archives presents an 1867 historical circular (anouncement), written by Garrick Mallery of the Freedmen's Bureau. The circular stresses the voting rights of newly freed African Americans and what to do in the case of a violation of those rights.
The Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency that was created to provide aid to displaced Southerners, including newly freed people, during and after the Civil War.
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The Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency that was created to provide aid to displaced Southerners, including newly freed people, during and after the Civil War.
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Publisher
The National Archives
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“Historical Circular/Announcement: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands, Head Quarters, Assistant Commissioner, State of Virginia.,” Project Reconstruction, accessed April 27, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/170.