- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Freedmen's Bureau
- Creator:
- Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-105555
- Date of Original:
- 1868
- Subject:
- Freedmen--United States
Men--Southern States
African American men--Southern States
Farmers--Southern States
Flags--United States
Firearms--Southern States
Knives--Southern States
Bayonets--Southern States
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- wood engravings (prints)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- An 1868 sketch by A. R. Waud illustrates the difficulties faced by the Freedmen's Bureau, caught between white planters on one side (left) and formerly enslaved African Americans on the other (right). The bureau was established in 1865 after Union general William T. Sherman issued his Field Order No. 15, which called for the resettlement of freedpeople on confiscated lands.
This image of an 1868 engraving depicts a man who represents the Freedmen's Bureau standing between a group of white planters on one side (left) and emancipated slaves on the other (right). Several of the white men carry guns and knives, and several African American men carry bayonets and spears. An American flag flies in the background.
In March 1865 the U.S. Congress created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands to aid African Americans undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War (1861-65). The bureau was created after Union general William T. Sherman issued his Field Order No. 15, which called for the resettlement of freedpeople on confiscated lands. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15/m-8877/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermans-field-order-no-15
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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