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Established by congress in early 1865, the Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands-more commonly known as "the
Freedmen's Bureau"-assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the
transition from slavery to freedom in the post-Civil War South.
Although it was called the Freedmen's Bureau, the agency profoundly
affected African-American women. Until now remarkably little has
been written about the relationship between black women and this
federal government agency. As Mary Farmer-Kaiser clearly
demonstrates in this revealing work, by failing to recognize
freedwomen as active agents of change and overlooking the gendered
assumptions at work in Bureau efforts, scholars have ultimately
failed to understand fully the Bureau's relationships with
freedwomen, freedmen, and black communities in this pivotal era of
American history.
Established by congress in early 1865, the Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands-more commonly known as "the
Freedmen's Bureau"-assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the
transition from slavery to freedom in the post-Civil War South.
Although it was called the Freedmen's Bureau, the agency profoundly
affected African-American women. Until now remarkably little has
been written about the relationship between black women and this
federal government agency. As Mary Farmer-Kaiser clearly
demonstrates in this revealing work, by failing to recognize
freedwomen as active agents of change and overlooking the gendered
assumptions at work in Bureau efforts, scholars have ultimately
failed to understand fully the Bureau's relationships with
freedwomen, freedmen, and black communities in this pivotal era of
American history.
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