Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Circular No. 2

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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