Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Virginia, 1865-1870 (inclusive), [microform].

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Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Virginia, 1865-1870 (inclusive), [microform].

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Letterbooks, correspondence, reports, and registers of marriages, complaints, and claimants for the Office of Superintendent of Education for the State of Virginia, 1865-1870, as organized within the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

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United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...