Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:government_agency
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau
|
| gptkbp:createdBy |
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:U.S._Congress gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau_Act |
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1872
|
| gptkbp:established |
1865
|
| gptkbp:firstCommissioner |
gptkb:Oliver_Otis_Howard
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
|
| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:notableAction |
supervised labor contracts
established schools for African Americans helped reunite families separated by slavery provided food and medical aid provided legal assistance |
| gptkbp:parentOrganization |
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_War
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
assist freed slaves
assist poor whites in the South manage abandoned lands |
| gptkbp:regionServed |
gptkb:Southern_United_States
|
| gptkbp:significantEvent |
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_War
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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