print email comment close Freedmen's Bureau Online URL: http://freedmensbureau.com/ Description: This site looks at the creation and history of the Freedmen's Bureau, as well as issues facing freed slaves after the Civil War. "The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau ... supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen, including issuing rations, clothing and medicine." Links to government records dealing with the Freedmen's Bureau as well as genealogy sites. Publisher: Christine's Genealogy Websites Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- History Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) United States -- History United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands LII Database Information: Record 962 created by Stewart Shaw on 02/05/2003 Last modification on 08/04/2004 Published: 02/05/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/962