Freedmen's schools in Albemarle County during Reconstruction [manuscript], 1953.

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Freedmen's schools in Albemarle County during Reconstruction [manuscript], 1953.

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Vance's essay chiefly discusses the school operated by Anna Gardner but also mentions other efforts throughout the county. The essay is based chiefly on Freedmen's Bureau records and Gardner's book "Harvest Gleanings."

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Albemarle County Historical Society (Va.)

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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 ...

Tidball, William Linn, fl. 1865-1867.

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Vance, Joseph (Composer)

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Gardner, Anna, 1816-1901

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