For African Americans in the South after the civil war, what did they receive? What Challenges did they face?
After the civil war, Congress established The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and abandoned land on March 4 , 1865(African Americans after the civil war).The bureau was suppose to last for one year but was crippled due to corruption and little funds. It attempted to help 4 million former slaves after the civil war.This same Bureau also helped former slaves work into a free labor economy.The challenges about this was that plantations were still wanted unfair wages and the agency struggled to change to fair wages and opportunity.
http://www.netplaces.com/american-civil-war/reconstruction-and-remembrance/african-americans-after-the-war.htm
Cumberland Landing, Va. Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000055/PP/
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