Freedmen’s Bureau

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Reconstruction-era institution United States federal agency

The Freedmen’s Bureau was a U.S. federal agency established after the Civil War to assist formerly enslaved people and war refugees with education, employment, land, and legal protection during Reconstruction.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Freedmen's Bureau	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Reconstruction-era institution ⓘ United States federal agency ⓘ
activity	adjudicating disputes in special courts ⓘ establishing schools for freedpeople ⓘ mediating labor contracts between freedpeople and employers ⓘ operating hospitals and medical facilities ⓘ providing food and clothing ⓘ reuniting separated families ⓘ supervising distribution of abandoned lands ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ border states ⓘ former Confederate states ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdUnderAdministrationOf	Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedBy	President Andrew Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
director	Oliver Otis Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
directorTitle	Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1872 ⓘ
endCause	congressional decision not to renew full funding ⓘ waning Northern support for Reconstruction ⓘ
expandedUnderAdministrationOf	Andrew Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasPurpose	assist formerly enslaved people ⓘ assist war refugees ⓘ facilitate labor contracts ⓘ help transition from slavery to freedom ⓘ manage abandoned and confiscated lands ⓘ provide legal protection to freedpeople ⓘ provide relief and rations ⓘ support education for freedpeople ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalContext	post–Civil War Reconstruction in the American South ⓘ
inception	1865 ⓘ
legacy	controversy over land redistribution and racial justice ⓘ expansion of Black education in the South ⓘ precedent for federal social welfare programs ⓘ
legalBasis	Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 1865 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. War Department authority ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainBeneficiary	Southern white refugees ⓘ formerly enslaved African Americans ⓘ
notableProject	support for founding of Fisk University ⓘ support for founding of Hampton Institute ⓘ support for founding of Howard University ⓘ
officialName	Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Ku Klux Klan NERFINISHED ⓘ white Southern conservatives ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of War NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	Radical Republicans in Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barry Farm neighborhood → developedBy → Freedmen’s Bureau ⓘ

Charles Remond Douglass → employer → Freedmen’s Bureau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Freedmen's Bureau