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mar 3, 1865 - Freedmen's Bureau Created

Description:

Congress passed “An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans. Part of Reconstruction legislation.

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Date:

mar 3, 1865
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~ 160 years ago