3.12.13
The Freedman's Bureau
     The Freedman's Bureau was a very important organization formed by Radical Republicans. The main goal of the organization was to help protect the rights of blacks. Missionaries were a big part of the Freedman's Bureau. With the assistance of northern school teachers, missionaries set up schools to give blacks the education they deserved. There are many historically black colleges and universities still around today that came out of the Freedman's Bureau's efforts. Blacks were also able to set up their own church congregations as a result of the resources that the Freedman Bureau had access to. There were many very positive results from this particular organization. Although there were some negative results from the reconstruction period, this organization was definitely a positive one.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedmen's_Bureau
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