Tammy Ozier knows the story of how one of her ancestors risked his life to rescue his two sisters from enslavement. She just hopes the tale is true. As the family legend has it, Ozier’s ancestor, ...

Today, Ancestry ® spotlights an important, yet often overlooked, part of American history by unveiling the world’s largest digitized and searchable collection of Freedmen’s Bureau and Freedman’s Bank ...

The world’s largest digitized and searchable collection of Freedmen’s Bureau and Freedman’s Bank records is now available on Ancestry.com, providing free online access to information that can help the ...

LEHI, Utah & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Ancestry ® spotlights an important, yet often overlooked, part of American history by unveiling the world’s largest digitized and searchable ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Freedmen's Bureau was established by the government in 1865 to provide assistance to free men and women once slavery ended. Many of the remaining documents from that ...

Last year’s social uprising encouraged conversations about this country’s history of racism, systemic and systematic oppression of Black people in America with many now wanting to know more about ...

Professional genealogist Renate Yarborough Sanders will offer a free talk on Exploring Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau at the next general meeting of the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society, ...

This year marks 160 years since that bureau's creation, which makes this a great time to recognize its legacy, its unfulfilled promises, and what we can learn from it all. Although this agency was ...

A Texas Historical Commission marker will be placed at Tamina Park, honoring the 1871 Freedmen's Town Tamina founded by ...

In 2020, California became the first state in the nation to move toward reparations for Black residents after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill creating the California Reparations Task Force. The ...

M.M.A.S. U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2009. TABLE OF CONTENTS; ABSTRACT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1 -- INTRODUCTION; Birth of a "Peculiar Institution"; The Early Debate: A Snapshot of ...