Reconstruction : The Freedmans Bureau
The Freedman’s Bureau: The Rescue For The People For the freed slaves during Reconstruction after the Civil War that lasted from 1861 until 1865, the Freedman’s Bureau provided many resources to promote the welfare of the freed slaves. Since the Freedman’s Bureau brought families back together, created educational opportunities for blacks, and used the church as a means of social integration, this shows that the Freedman’s Bureau thought that these three elements were important in order to integrate slaves back into society by valuing education and providing a source of unification. Families were provided with funds from the Freedman’s Bureau in order to reunite many families that were divided during the slavery period, which posed dangers to many children who were left without parents after the slavery period. The federal agency assured the safety of the children of the freed slaves by funding transportation to reunite them with their parents. Education was a very important component of the Freedman’s Bureau efforts to desegregate freed slaves so that they would become literate individuals in order to assimilate to the society. Providing freed slaves with an education helped them acquire knowledge they did not have or were limited to while they were slaves under their masters. The church was a very important institution during the Reconstruction period for freed slaves. The Freedman’s Bureau made sure to utilize the church as an educational facility but also to maintain its value as a religious worship area for blacks. The federal agency provided churches for freed slaves through funding for new construction of churches and provideding education in churches .Whenchurches. When schools became overcrowded with freed slaves and their children who were wiling to educate themselves after living under hard times during slavery, new construction for educational facilities was encouraged to accommodate everyone who wanted to obtain an education. Families