#freedmensbureau — Public Fediverse posts

"During the #CivilWar, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended, two women sought help from high places to track down their lost loved ones."

Robert Colby, author of "An Unholy Traffic," recounts the efforts of #JaneLyles and #PriscillaMarshall to re-unite their families

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-confederate-forces-captured-their-children-these-black-mothers-fought-to-reunite-their-families-180985994/?no-cache
#AmericanCivilWar #Gettysburg #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #UShistory #FreedmensBureau #ThaddeusStevens @histodons

For those interested in the #history of the #14thA and its role in #Reconstruction, Sotomayor’s dissent does a good job of explaining the “race-conscious” programs and policies the #14thA justified, such as the #FreedmensBureau. Sotomayor explains how programs like affirmative action in higher education continue this heritage, promoting full democratic participation by those who have been excluded because of their race. 5/ #FairvHarvard #LawFedi

#Volunteer #transcription is instrumental in discovering stories like that of Annie Washington and her nieces. Learn more and contribute to the #FreedmensBureau transcription effort by reading the latest blog from #BecauseOfHerStory intern Jenna Lugo

https://transcription.si.edu/articles/annie-e-washington-american-women-freedmens-bureau-records

Largely forgotten for more than a century after honorably completing their historic military service during the American Civil War, nine formerly enslaved Black men who enlisted with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry have been repeatedly overlooked by historians and history enthusiasts over the years as potentially important subjects for research.

Until now: https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteerinfantryfreedmen.wordpress.com/about/

#Histodons @histodons #History #Genealogy #Slavery #AmericanCivilWar #FreedmensBureau #Reconstruction

https://archive.org/details/aa-indices

An Index of African Americans Identified in Selected Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands by Jacqueline A. Lawson

Topics
#genealogy, #BureauofRefugeesFreedmenandAbandonedLands, #BRFAL, #FreedmensBureau, #Africanamerikangenealogy, #AfroAmerikangenealogy, #afrikanamerikanhistory, #refugees, #abolition, #blackchattelslavery, #unitedstatesofamerika, #Africandiaspora, #Afrikandiaspora, #uscivilwar, #amerikancivilwar