The Challenges Faced by the Freedmen’s Bureau Agents of Deep East Texas

<p> The years following the Civil War proved to be tumultuous for the nation and caused great social and economic upheaval in the South. Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in 1865 to provide a smoother transition in former Confederate states and to guard the liberties of the former bondsmen. The agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau in Deep East Texas faced the same challenges and hardships as their counterparts in other areas of the state and throughout the South. Numerous historians have written on Reconstruction and the Freedmen’s Bureau in Texas, but in a broader sense. </p> <p> This study primarily focused on the records left by the Freedmen’s Bureau agents in the Deep East Texas counties of Nacogdoches, Angelina, Shelby, San Augustine, Sabine, and part of Cherokee. These primary sources uncovered a wealth of understanding into the problems that the agents faced during their tenure in their subdistricts which mirrored the situations faced by subassistant commissioners throughout the South. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts - History

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• King, Jacy D

Contributors dc:contributor

• Scott Sosebee
• Perky Beisel
• Andrew Lannen

• Freedmen
• Bureau
• East Texas
• Texas
• Reconstruction
• San Augustine
• African American Studies
• United States History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/225

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1241