The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction

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"The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction: Reconsiderations addresses the history of the Freedmen's Bureau at state and local levels of the Reconstruction South. In this book, the authors discuss the diversity of conditions and the personalities of the Bureau's agents state by state. They offer insight into the actions and thoughts, not only of the agents, but also of the southern planters and the former slaves, as both of these groups learned how to deal with new responsibilities, new advantages, and altered relationships."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Politics and government,  United States,  Freedmen,  United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,  History,  African Americans,  Race relations,  Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877),  Reconstruction,  U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877),  c 1800 to c 1900,  Slavery,  History - U.S.,  USA,  United States - Civil War,  United States - Reconstruction Period (1865-1877),  United States - State & Local - General,  1863-1877,  Sociology - General,  Southern States,  American history: c 1800 to c 1900,  Slavery & emancipation,  History: American,  1865-1877,  Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen,,  Reconstruction (U.S. history,,  United states, bureau of refugees, freedmen and abandoned lands,  Freedmen, united states,  African americans, history,  United states, politics and government, 1865-1900,  Southern states, history,  Southern states, race relations,  Freed persons,  State & Local,  Freed persons, united states

Places: United States,  Southern States

Times: 1865-1877,  1863-1877