Circular of the American Union Commission
Dublin Core
Title
Circular of the American Union Commission
Subject
African Americans, education, labor
Description
The American Tract Society was one of many religious and charitable organizations that contributed to the education of freedpeople during and after the Civil War. This circular quotes its mission statement: "The American Union Commission is constituted for the purpose of aiding and co-operating with the people of those portions of the United States which have been desolated and impoverished by the war, in the restoration of their civil and social condition, upon the basis of industry, education, freedom, and Christian morality."
Creator
American Union Commission
Source
Executive Papers of Governor Francis F. Pierpont, 1865-1868, Accession 37024, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
Date
1865
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Relation
Finding aid to Executive Papers of Governor Francis F. Pierpont.
Format
JPG
Type
Broadside
Identifier
15_0707_008
Coverage
Virginia
Citation
American Union Commission, “Circular of the American Union Commission,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed October 31, 2025, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/573.