Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
government agency
|
| gptkbp:collaborations |
Northern philanthropists
African_American_churches |
| gptkbp:controversy |
political opposition
limited resources |
| gptkbp:criticism |
corruption allegations
ineffectiveness in land distribution |
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1872
|
| gptkbp:enrollment |
refugees
freedmen |
| gptkbp:established |
1865
|
| gptkbp:funding |
gptkb:U.S._Congress
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
|
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
first federal agency to provide social services
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:post-Civil_War_America
Reconstruction policies emancipation of slaves racial_tensions_in_the_South |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Freedman's Bureau
|
| gptkbp:impact |
Reconstruction era
protection of civil rights medical care for freedmen negotiation of labor contracts |
| gptkbp:legacy |
civil rights movement
|
| gptkbp:legislation |
gptkb:Bureau_of_Refugees,_Freedmen,_and_Abandoned_Lands
|
| gptkbp:notable_event |
establishment of schools
land redistribution efforts labor contracts for freedmen marriage legalization for freedmen |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
mixed success
foundation for future civil rights efforts important step towards equality symbol of federal intervention in social issues |
| gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois gptkb:Charles_Sumner Thaddeus Stevens |
| gptkbp:offersServices |
healthcare
education employment assistance legal aid |
| gptkbp:office |
established_in_Southern_states
|
| gptkbp:opening_hours |
7 years
|
| gptkbp:president |
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson |
| gptkbp:purpose |
assist freed slaves
|
| gptkbp:staff |
military personnel
civilian_agents |
| gptkbp:superintendent |
gptkb:Oliver_O._Howard
|
| gptkbp:training |
increased literacy rates
establishment of colleges |