Bibliograph

Administering freedom, the state of emancipation after the Freedmen's Bureau, Dale Kretz

Type

Label

Administering freedom, the state of emancipation after the Freedmen's Bureau, Dale Kretz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Administering freedom

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1322059689

Responsibility statement

Dale Kretz

Sub title

the state of emancipation after the Freedmen's Bureau

Summary

"This book offers the definitive history of how formerly enslaved men and women pursued federal benefits from the Civil War to the New Deal and, in the process, transformed themselves from a stateless people into documented citizens. As claimants, Black southerners engaged an array of federal agencies. Their encounters with the more familiar Freedmen's Bureau and Pension Bureau are presented here in a striking new light, while their struggles with the long-forgotten Freedmen's Branch appear in this study for the very first time"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

What Is Left of the Bureau -- The Unfinished Freedmen's Branch -- Reconstructing the Pension Bureau -- Of War and Theft -- Some Measure of Justice -- Pensions for All

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