ms_5915.xml Finding Aid to the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands records, 1865-1869 Written by Elizabeth Delmage Encoding funded by a 2008 Archives-Basic Projects grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Georgia Historical Society.
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 Encoded by Elizabeth Delmage, March 2010 Description is in English Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard MS 5915 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands records 1865-1869 1 box (.50 cubic feet) United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Collection materials are in English. Georgia Historical Society
, Savannah, Georgia.
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 Subject headings

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. African Americans--Georgia. Freedmen--Georgia--Chatham County. Freedmen--Georgia--Glynn County. Freedmen--Georgia--Liberty County. Freedmen--Georgia--McIntosh County. Freedmen--Georgia--Ossabaw Island. Freedmen--Georgia--Saint Catherines Island. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Letters (correspondence) Lists. Photocopies. Organizational history

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency established by the U.S. Department of War through the Freedmen's Bureau Bill on 3 March 1865. The Freedmen's Bureau became a key agency during Reconstruction assisting freedmen, ex-slaves, in the former Confederate states adjust to their conditions of freedom by providing food, housing, education, health care, and employment. This agency was operational from 1865 to 1872.

 Scope and content note

This collection contains photocopies of letters and lists from the Bureau of Refugee, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands' branch in Savannah, Georgia from 1865 to 1869. These records detail the efforts of this agency to assist the newly freed slaves throughout coastal Georgia including Chatham County, McIntosh County, Glynn County, Liberty County, Ossabaw Island, and St. Catherine's Island. The originals of these documents may be accessed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.