Established under the aegis of the War Department in 1865, FTP, name this agency that oversaw all aspects of refugees and emancipated slaves in Reconstruction states.
Its namesake Preservation Act of 2000 was passed to ensure that its records were properly maintained. George Bentley wrote the definitive history of it, while Eric Foner championed the now widely accepted notion that it was largely ineffective. W.E.B. Dubois, in his namesake essay about it, criticizes the corruptness of its ten commissioners and the excessive kindness of its first leader, Oliver Otis Howard. Established under the aegis of the War Department in 1865, FTP, name this agency that oversaw all aspects of refugees and emancipated slaves in Reconstruction states.
Its namesake Preservation Act of 2000 was passed to ensure that its records were properly maintained.
{Freedmen’s Bureau} or {Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands}