Source:District of Columbia, United States. Records of the Superintendent of Education for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and

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Source Records of the Superintendent of Education for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872
Author United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Coverage
Place United States
West Virginia, United States
District of Columbia, United States
Maryland, United States
Surname Blacks, Slaves
Subject Directory records
Publication information
Type Book
Publisher National Archives. Central Plains Region
Date issued 1977
Place issued Washington [District of Columbia]
Citation
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records of the Superintendent of Education for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. (Washington [District of Columbia]: National Archives. Central Plains Region, 1977).
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Microfilm of original manuscripts at the National Archives in Washington, District of Columbia. Includes information for several surrounding states including Maryland and West Virginia. "The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of March 3, 1865. Congress assigned to the Bureau responsibilities that previously had been shared by military commanders and by agents of the Treasury Department. The duties included supervision of all affairs relating to refugees, freedmen, and the custody of abandoned lands and property"--Descriptive pamphlet M843

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FHL film numbers

  • 1617650
  • 1617651
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