HST 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Equal Protection Clause, Reconstruction Era, Republican Congress
2 Dec 2016
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Freedman"s bureau: multipurpose relief agency created in march 1865 by congress to provide social/economic/protection services to the newly-freed slaves: andrew johnson opposes the creation of fb but congress overrules him. Administered by the war department (receiving support from northern. Fb agents provided food and medical aid: established 1st schools for blacks, enforced labour contracts. *1872: fb did good work but insufficient funding undermined its efficacy thus it closes. Ex-slaves want secure economic independence: january 1865: sherman"s field order no. 15 sets aside confiscated land for ex- slaves in s. c, georgia, and florida. Also created hope that the federal government would give ex-slaves the. African americans were given 40 acres and a broken-down army mule ( 40 acres and a land their owners formerly owned mule ) People believed blacks were better suited to becoming farm laborers working for whites. Andrew johnson controlled early years of reconstruction.
