John C. Robinson to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 01, 1865 (Sale of land in South Carolina to former slaves)

Freedmen's Bureau Act & The Freedmen's Bureau

John C. Robinson to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 01, 1865 (Sale of land in South Carolina to former slaves)

2/1/1865

Historical Letter

The Library of Congress features an 1865 historical letter, written by John C. Robinson to Abraham Lincoln, that provides an opinion against providing land for the Freedmen's Bureau--which was created by the Freedmen's Bureau Act and provided aid to free African Americans and displaced Southerners after the Civil War--to sell to freedmen. According to Robinson, selling freedmen the land would make the freedmen paupers, prevent the north from developing, and leave the freedmen paupers homeless when they cannot pay taxes on the land.

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