Which was the original purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?

A. to ensure the civil rights of freed slaves

B. to look after refugees, freed slaves, and abandoned lands

C. to provide education for the children of freed slaves

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Leonidas Barrett

18 July, 01:22

Which was the original purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?

A. to ensure the civil rights of freed slaves

B. to look after refugees, freed slaves, and abandoned lands

C. to provide education for the children of freed slaves

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Genesis · Answer 1

Freedmen's Bureau, (1865-72), during the Reconstruction period after the American Civil War, popular name for the U. S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, established by Congress to provide practical aid to 4,000,000 newly freed African Americans in their transition from slavery to freedom.

Your answer is B: To look after refugees, freed slaves, and abandoned lands

Cheyanne · Answer 2

B. To look after refuges, freed slaves, and abandoned lands.

. The Freedmen's Bureau provided newly freed African Americans Food, More established schooling, medical aid, also housing. With this new advantage for African Americans it also attempted to give African Americans land that was either abandoned, or confiscated.

Which was the original purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?A. to ensure the civil rights of freed slavesB. to look after refugees, freed slaves, and abandoned landsC. to provide education for the children of freed slaves

Which was the original purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?

A. to ensure the civil rights of freed slaves

B. to look after refugees, freed slaves, and abandoned lands

C. to provide education for the children of freed slaves