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mar 3, 1865 - Freedmen's Bureau

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Congress established Freedmen's Bureau, which helped black slaves and poor whites in the south in the aftermath of the Civil War. President Lincoln initiated this and intended for it to last at least a year. Freedmen's Bureau became an important agency in the Reconstruction Era.

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mar 3, 1865
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~ 160 years ago

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