Nonetheless, the Freedmen's Branch continued to settle unpaid claims, address complaints, institute measures to combat fraud, and when necessary, worked to rearrange records that had been transferred ...

Historic bricks representing Freedmen’s Town in Houston were recently damaged in a construction project, leading archaeologists to dig up the blocks for safekeeping. Formerly enslaved people ...

The Freedmen’s Bureau was funded initially for one year on March 3, 1865 by Abraham Lincoln. However, his successor, President Andrew Johnson was strongly opposed.

Object Details author Kretz, Dale Subject United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands History United States Pension Bureau History Notes Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon ...

A granite historic marker, approved by the Kingstree Architectural Review Board, commemorating the 1867 Freedmen’s Bureau Transportation Request to transport 435 Freed men, women and children ...