3 mar 1865 ano - Congress creates Freedmen's Bureau (Mar 1865)

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Freedmen’s Bureau intended to be primitive welfare agency; Supposed to provide food/clothing/medical care/education to black and white refugees; Union Gen Oliver O Howard = head of bureau; Bureau most successful in education; In other areas, Bureau didn’t accomplish much; Authorized to settle former slaves on 40-acre tracts confiscated by Confeds but never gave out such land; est thru Conquered S

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