March 1865
Events
- March 3, 1865The Freedmen's Bureau
A federal agency to aid the formerly enslaved with food, schools, and labor contracts.
- March 3, 1865The Freedman's Savings Bank is chartered
Congress charters the Freedman's Savings & Trust to help formerly enslaved people build wealth; tens of thousands open accounts.
Resources from this period
Primary sources·3
Primary source· Primary
Freedmen's Bureau Search Portal
Smithsonian NMAAHC
1.7M+ digitized pages of Freedmen's Bureau records.
Primary source· Primary
Freedmen's Bureau Records (RG 105)
U.S. National Archives
Federal records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
Primary source· Primary
Freedman's Bank & Freedmen's Bureau records
Smithsonian NMAAHC / NARA
Millions of digitized depositor and Bureau records.
Videos·1
Reconstruction — Crash Course Black American History #19
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