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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau) was created in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War to supervise relief efforts including education, health care, food and clothing, refugee camps, legalization of marriages, employment, labor contracts, and securing back pay, bounty payments and pensions. | The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau) was created in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War to supervise relief efforts including education, health care, food and clothing, refugee camps, legalization of marriages, employment, labor contracts, and securing back pay, bounty payments and pensions. | ||
==What Can This Collection Tell Me?== | |||
The information found in the records varies by document and locality. You may find any of the following: | |||
*Full name | |||
*Residence | |||
*Document dates | |||
*Age | |||
*Occupation | |||
*Names of family members | |||
*Relationships | |||
== Collection Content == | == Collection Content == | ||
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Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Register of Sick and Wounded DGS 7492071_174.jpg|Register of Sick and Wounded | Image:United States, Freedmen's Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired (15-0061) Register of Sick and Wounded DGS 7492071_174.jpg|Register of Sick and Wounded | ||
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== How Do I Search This Collection? == | == How Do I Search This Collection? == | ||