Freedmen's Bureau

Freedmen's Bureau Act & The Freedmen's Bureau

Freedmen's Bureau

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Historical Illustration

The Digital Public Library of America features a historical illustration, published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, that depicts the office of 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--in Memphis, Tennessee. Three seated white men are depicted surrounded by a group of African American men who are waiting for the three white men to acknowledge them.

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Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) (Contributor: Memphis Public Library)

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