Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau : race, gender, and public policy in the age of emancipation / Mary Farmer-Kaiser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farmer-Kaiser, Mary.

Series:

Reconstructing America (Series)

Reconstructing America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Southern States--History--19th century.

African American women.

African American women--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Social aspects.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 275 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.

Summary:

Established in early 1865, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - more commonly known as 'the Freedmen's Bureau' - assumed the task of overseeing the transition from slavery to freedom in the post-Civil War South. This book explains fully the Bureau's relationships with freedwomen, freedmen and black communities.

Contents:

Introduction: "a long time in want of a bureau"

That the freed-women ... may rise to the dignity and glory of true womanhood : the men, purpose, and gendered freedom of the Freedmen's Bureau

A weight of circumstances like millstones about their necks to drag and keep them down : freedwomen, federal relief, and the Freedmen's Bureau

The women are the controlling spirits : freedwomen, free labor, and the Freedmen's Bureau

To put forth almost superhuman efforts to regain their children : freedwomen, parental rights, and the Freedmen's Bureau

Strict justice for every man, woman, and child : gender, justice, and the Freedman's Bureau.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-3494-0

0-8232-3213-1

OCLC:

712990680