Under the Guardianship of the Nation: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Reconstruction of Georgia, 1865-1870

By Paul A. Cimbala

Book Overview

The Freedmen's Bureau was an agency set up in the American South after the Civil War to protect and provide for emancipated slaves. This text explores the reasons behind its ineffectiveness, arguing that rather than simply being due to racism, the root of the problem was much more complex.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820318914
• ISBN13: 9780820318912
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"