Freedmen's Bureau

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Freedmen's_Bureau

GPTKB entity

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:criticizedFor	Southern whites alleged corruption inefficiency limited funding short duration
gptkbp:dissolved	June 1872
gptkbp:established	March 3, 1865
gptkbp:establishedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:firstCommissioner	gptkb:Oliver_Otis_Howard
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Freedmen's Bureau
gptkbp:notableAchievement	established hospitals established over 1,000 schools helped found Fisk University helped found Hampton University helped found Howard University issued rations to millions reunited families separated by slavery settled disputes between freedmen and employers supervised labor contracts
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:Elihu_Root gptkb:Frederick_Douglass gptkb:James_Longstreet gptkb:John_Mercer_Langston gptkb:John_S._Mosby gptkb:Robert_Smalls gptkb:Charlotte_Forten_Grimké gptkb:Samuel_Chapman_Armstrong gptkb:John_Eaton gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman gptkb:George_W._Ballou gptkb:James_B._Steedman gptkb:James_E._Yeatman gptkb:James_Milton_Turner gptkb:James_S._Brisbin gptkb:John_H._Oberly gptkb:John_M._Brown gptkb:John_R._Lynch gptkb:John_S._Fullerton gptkb:John_S._Marmaduke gptkb:John_S._Phelps gptkb:John_S._Preston gptkb:John_S._Williams gptkb:John_T._Morgan gptkb:John_W._Alvord gptkb:Richard_Harvey_Cain gptkb:William_Birney gptkb:William_P._Carlin
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Bureau_of_Refugees,_Freedmen,_and_Abandoned_Lands
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:United_States_Department_of_War
gptkbp:purpose	legal assistance assist freed slaves assist poor whites in the South establish schools help former slaves find family members provide food, housing, and medical aid
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Black_Codes gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866 gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation gptkb:Reconstruction_Acts gptkb:13th_Amendment gptkb:14th_Amendment gptkb:15th_Amendment gptkb:Southern_Homestead_Act Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Reconstruction_era gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4