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Schools and Education During Reconstruction
Northern aid societies come down to help create schools. The Freedmen's Bureau puts money into creating schools. But most of the schools that spring up are actually created by blacks themselves.
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Timeline of the Jubilee Singers
Congress establishes the Freedmen's Bureau to assist former slaves. The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was created to attend to both the immediate and long-term needs of ...
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REFUSED TO SERVE UNDER NEGRO.; The Rev. W.H.W. Rees of Freedmen's Aid Society Resigns His Office.
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Notable Alumni
Oliver Otis Howard, Civil War general; recipient of the Medal of Honor; commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau; among the founders of Howard University (1850) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Civil War ...
'The child of Juneteenth': The history of Freedmen's Town in Houston
Reader Bob Erlich asked about preservation efforts in Houston’s Freedmen’s Town, the historic space just west of downtown where an African-American community emerged and thrived following the Civil ...
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THE NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.; THE FREEDMEN'S AID SOCIETY A STIRRING SPEECH THE WHITE PLAINS DIFFICULTY DISPOSED OF REPORTS OF PASTORS.
After the reading of the minutes, Rev. Mr. Lansing addressed the Conference in behalf of the Freedmen's Aid Society. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...
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'The child of Juneteenth': The history of Freedmen's Town in Houston
Reader Bob Erlich asked about preservation efforts in Houston’s Freedmen’s Town, the historic space just west of downtown where an African-American community emerged and thrived following the ...