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Historical Broadside: Economise and pay your debt! Restore the South and increase your resources. Our national debt is to be paid ...
Subject
Freedmen's Bureau Act & The Freedmen's Bureau
Title
Historical Broadside: Economise and pay your debt! Restore the South and increase your resources. Our national debt is to be paid ...
Date
1866
Type
Historical Broadside
Description
Note: Some readers may find some language may be offensive.
The Library of Congress presents a, 1866 historical broadside that provides a critique of the Freedmen's Bureau. The broadside provides the perspective that White American citizens' taxes are being used to "pay for lazy negroes."
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 Library of Congress presents a, 1866 historical broadside that provides a critique of the Freedmen's Bureau. The broadside provides the perspective that White American citizens' taxes are being used to "pay for lazy negroes."
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
Library of Congress
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“Historical Broadside: Economise and pay your debt! Restore the South and increase your resources. Our national debt is to be paid ...,” Project Reconstruction, accessed September 8, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/212.