Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau: Race, Gender, and Public Policy in the Age of Emancipation
(Part of the Reconstructing America Series)
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Established by congress in early 1865, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands-more commonly known as "the Freedmen's Bureau"-assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the transition from slavery to freedom in the post-Civil War South. Although it was called the Freedmen's Bureau, the agency profoundly affected African-American women. Until now remarkably little has been written about the relationship between black women and this federal...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0823232123
ISBN13:9780823232123
Release Date:May 2010
Publisher:Fordham University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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