U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Bureau_of_Refugees,_Freedmen,_and_Abandoned_Lands
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:commonName gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:U.S._Congress
gptkbp:dissolved 1872
gptkbp:established 1865
gptkbp:firstCommissioner gptkb:Oliver_Otis_Howard
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau_Act
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:notableBuilding gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau_headquarters,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:U.S._Department_of_War
gptkbp:purpose assist freed slaves
assist poor whites in the South
manage abandoned lands
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:successor none (functions absorbed by other agencies)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Freedmen's_Hospital
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6