Remarks on schools
Freedmen’s Bureau agents were required to submit reports on educational efforts in the locations where they were assigned. Reports on schools for Freedmen often...
"Report of Plantations leased…"
One of the major activities of the Freedmen's Bureau was the leasing of abandoned and confiscated property. Although their numbers were small, freedmen who had means...
School in Lincolnton
Monthly reports to the Freedmen's Bureau from its agents gave detailed progress reports on the state of education in local communities. African American communities...
Store for freedmen
Union troops successfully occupied the area around Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1862. Even though the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, or...
“support all laws and proclamations . . .”
This oath was James Hicks's first step to reclaiming his land that was held by the Freedmen's Bureau. One of the major activities of the Bureau was the leasing of...
Teacher's Report and Responsibilities
This February 1865 report of teachers H.M and H.S. Barstow includes numbers of students taught, the number of hours spent teaching, and the condition of the school....
Terms of agreement
Richard and Mary, former slaves, were hired by James Mitchell to labor on the land and perform any other labor that Mitchell deemed necessary.