History of the United States II / Unit 1 USH2 0009 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Freedmen's Bureau
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The idea
In March eighteen sixty-five Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, and Lincoln signed it for one year only.
In practice
Bureau agents overseeing labour contracts between freed people and their employers.
Where people slip
In February eighteen sixty-six Congress moved to widen its powers in answer to the Black codes, and Johnson vetoed the renewal.
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