Guide to the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands labor contract MSS.0230
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2008
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands labor contract
- Unit ID:
MSS.0230
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 item , 4 leaves; photocopy)
- Dates:
1865 June 16
- Abstract:
Labor contract dated 16 June 1865 with estate of Greene Underwood of Dallas Co., Alabama, binding former slaves to plantation in return for food, clothing and medical care
- creator
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands .
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a labor contract dated 16 June 1865, with estate of Greene Underwood of Dallas County, Alabama, binding former slaves to work the plantation in return for food, clothing and medical care.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands labor contract, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
unknown
Biographical/Historical note
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves through legal food and housing, oversight, education, health care, and employment contracts with private landowners. It became a key agency during Reconstruction, assisting freed ex-slaves in the South. The Bureau was part of the United States Department of War. Headed by Union Army General Oliver O. Howard, the Bureau was operational from 1865 to 1871. It was disbanded under President Ulysses S. Grant.
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Conditions Governing Use note
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- Processing Information:
Processed by
unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Source(s)
Underwood, Green (local)
African Americans (localbroad)
Alabama (localbroad)
Alabama--History--1819-1950 (lcsh)
Business and Labor (localbroad)
Dallas County (Ala.) (lcsh)
Freedmen--Southern States--Economic conditions (lcsh)
Government, Law and Politics (localbroad)
Legal documents (aat)
Organizations (localbroad)
Plantation life (lcsh)
Bureau Box 195