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mar 19, 1865 - March 1865 Congress establishes Freedmen's Bureau

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned lands was directed towards feeding and clothing war refugees in the South using surplus army supplies
The Freedmen were all freed African Americans who were now homeless and jobless

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mar 19, 1865
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~ 160 years ago