The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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The Freedmen's bureau was the bureau that was helped to feed millions of freed slaves and whites after the Civil War. The Freedmen's bureau was established on March 3, 1865.
After the Civil War, the slaves were freed. However, many were subjected to tremendous intimidation. Most had no place to live except the old slave cabins. They had no clothes to wear. They had little money. The former masters needed cheap labor and they had desperate people on their hands. In this situation, the Federal Government created the Freedmen's Bureau.
The Freedmen's Bureau provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance. It also attempted to settle former slaves on land confiscated or abandoned during the war.
This was designed to protect the interest of former slaves. Includes helping them find new employment and improve educational and health facilities. In the following year the Bureau spent $17,000,000 establishing 4,00 schools, 100 hospitals, and food for former slaves.
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