The Freedmen's Bureau also helped freedpeople navigate labor contracts, sometimes helping them negotiate better terms than those offered that were still in alignment with the Black codes, laws ...

As the Atlantic’s Adam Serwer has pointed out, such logic is nonsense.The members of Congress who passed the Freedmen’s Bureau Act clearly understood that it was designed for Black former slaves.

The Democracy and the Freedmen's Bureau--What the Latter has Done for the South--Facts and Figures for Reflection-Miscellaneous Gossip. Share full article. July 27, 1868.

S ince at least 1865, when Congress voted to set up the Freedmen’s Bureau, Americans have debated how and whether to compensate former slaves. In 2020, when Donald Trump had reawoken the left ...

The Freedmen’s Bureau was established on March 3, 1865, when the act that created it was passed by Congress and later signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. As the National Archives ...