The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction: Essays on an Institution and Its Failures

The Freedmen's Bureau And Reconstruction: Reconsiderations Addresses The History Of The Freedmen's Bureau At State And Local Levels Of The Reconstruction South. In This Book, The Authors Discuss The Diversity Of Conditions And The Personalities Of The Bureau's Agents State By State. They Offer Insight Into The Actions And Thoughts, Not Only Of The Agents, But Also Of The Southern Planters And The Former Slaves, As Both Of These Groups Learned How To Deal With New Responsibilities, New Advantages, And Altered Relationships.--jacket. Introduction. The Freedmen's Bureau And Reconstruction : An Overview / Randall M. Miller -- Ulysses S. Grant And The Freedmen's Bureau / Brooks D. Simpson -- Andrew Johnson And The Freedmen's Bureau / Hans L. Trefousse -- Emancipation And Military Pacification : The Freedmen's Bureau And Social Control In Alabama / Michael W. Fitzgerald -- One Of The Most Appreciated Labors Of The Bureau : The Freedmen's Bureau And The Southern Homestead Act / Michael L. Lanza -- The Personnel Of The Freedmen's Bureau In Arkansas / Randy Finley -- Architects Of A Benevolent Empire : The Relationship Between The American Missionary Association And The Freedmen's Bureau In Virginia, 1865-1872 / E. Allen Richardson -- Une Chimère : The Freedmen's Bureau In Creole New Orleans / Caryn Cossé Bell -- Because They Are Women : Gender And The Virginia Freedmen's Bureau's War On Dependency / Mary J. Farmer -- The Freedmen's Bureau And Wage Labor In The Louisiana Sugar Region / John C. Rodrigue -- A Full-fledged Government Of Men : Freedmen's Bureau Labor Policy In South Carolina, 1865-1868 / James D. Schmidt -- To Enslave The Rising Generation : The Freedmen's Bureau And The Texas Black Code / Barry A. Crouch -- Land, Lumber, And Learning : The Freedmen's Bureau, Education And The Black Community In Post-emancipation Maryland / Richard Paul Fuke -- Reconstruction's Allies : The Relationship Of The Freedmen's Bureau And The Georgia Freedmen -- Afterword / James M. Mcpherson. Edited By Paul A. Cimbala And Randall M. Miller. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Preface Introduction. The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction: An Overview 1 Ulysses S. Grant and the Freedmen's Bureau 2 Andrew Johnson and the Freedmen's Bureau 3 Emancipation and Military Pacification: The Freedmen's Bureau and Social Control in Alabama 4 "One of the Most Appreciated Labors of the Bureau": The Freedmen's Bureau and the Southern Homestead Act 5 The Personnel of the Freedmen's Bureau in Arkansas 6 Architects of a Benevolent Empire: The Relationship between the American Missionary Association and the Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia, 1865-1872 7 "Une Chimere": The Freedmen's Bureau in Creole New Orleans 8 "Because They Are Women": Gender and the Virginia Freedmen's Bureau's "War on Dependency" 9 The Freedmen's Bureau and Wage Labor in the Louisiana Sugar Region 10 "A Full-Fledged Government of Men": Freedmen's Bureau Labor Policy in South Carolina, 1865-1868 11 "To Enslave the Rising Generation": The Freedmen's Bureau and the Texas Black Code 12 Land, Lumber, and Learning: The Freedmen's Bureau, Education and the Black Community in Post- Emancipation Maryland 13 Reconstruction's Allies: The Relationship of the Freedmen's Bureau and the Georgia Freedmen Afterword Contributors Index The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction addresses the history of the Freedmen's Bureau at state and local levels of the Reconstruction South. In this well-documented book, the authors discuss the diversity of conditions and the personalities of the Bureau's agents state by state. They offer insight into the actions and thoughts, not only of agents, but also of southern planters and former slaver, as both of these groups learned how to deal with new responsibilities and altered relationship.