Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Circular No. 2
Dublin Core
Title
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Circular No. 2
Subject
African Americans, Freedmen's Bureau, labor, education, race relations
Description
Major General Oliver O. Howard took command of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands in May 1865 and appointed commissioners for "the insurrectionary states." He ordered them to "introduce practical systems of compensated labor" and to aid existing benevolent associations " in the maintenance of good schools" for the freedpeople.
Creator
Oliver O. Howard
Source
Executive Papers of Governor Francis F. Pierpont, 1865-1868, Acc. 37024. State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia
Date
May 19, 1865
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Relation
Finding aid to Executive Papers of Governor Francis F. Pierpont: http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00006.xml
Format
JPG
Type
Circular
Identifier
15_0707_003_, 15_0707_003a_
Coverage
Virginia
Citation
Oliver O. Howard, “Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Circular No. 2,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed April 19, 2024, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/509.