AP African American Studies / Unit 3: The Practice of Freedom
3.2 Social Life: Reuniting Black Families and the Freedmen's Bureau
Notes
After emancipation, freedpeople searched for family members (ads in newspapers), legalized marriages, built churches and schools. The Freedmen's Bureau (1865) helped with education, food and labor contracts.
Practice
After emancipation, many freedpeople placed newspaper ads to:
"Information Wanted."
The Freedmen's Bureau helped found:
Education.
Freedpeople often built their own:
Community institutions.
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