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Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau: Race, Gender, and Public Policy in the Age of Emancipation - Reconstructing America Mary J. Farmer-Kaiser
Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau: Race, Gender, and Public Policy in the Age of Emancipation - Reconstructing America
Mary J. Farmer-Kaiser
Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau - in March 1865. Upon its creation this temporary federal agency assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the transition from slavery to freedom in the war-torn South.
256 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 29, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780823232116 |
| Publishers | Fordham University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 23 mm · 521 g |
| Language | English |