A Freedman's speech. Phildelphia: Published by Frienss' association of Philadelphia and its vicinity for the relief of colored freedmen. [1866?].

Freedmen's Bureau Act & The Freedmen's Bureau

A Freedman's speech. Phildelphia: Published by Frienss' association of Philadelphia and its vicinity for the relief of colored freedmen. [1866?].

1866

Historical Speech

The Library of Congress features an 1866 historical speech, given by Bayley Wyat, that provides a freedman's perspective of how the lives of African Americans changed once they were emancipated from slavery and how the Freedmen's Bureau's--which was created by the Freedmen's Bureau Act and provided aid to free African Americans and displaced Southerners after the Civil War--role in providing relief for those individuals.

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