Changes

'''Freedmen''' were freed slaves, especially during [[Reconstruction]] of the U.S. after 1863. The term includes both men and women.  The most important agency was the [[Freedmen's Bureau]], a unit of the U.S. Army.

'''Freedmen''' were freed slaves, especially during [[Reconstruction]] of the [[U.S.]] after 1863. The term includes both men and women.  The most important agency was the [[Freedmen's Bureau]], a unit of the [[U.S. Army]].

The most famous Freedman was [[Booker T. Washington]].

The most famous Freedman was [[Booker T. Washington]].

==see also==

==See also==

* [[Black History]]

* [[Black History]]

* [[Freedmen's Bureau]]

* [[Freedmen's Bureau]]

===Primary sources===

===Primary sources===

* Berlin, Ira, ed/ ''Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867.'' (1982- ), multivolume collection

* Berlin, Ira, ed/ ''Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867.'' (1982- ), multivolume collection

* Fleming, Walter L. ''Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational, and Industrial'' 2 vol (1906). Uses broad collection of primary sources; vol 1 on national politics; vol 2 on states; [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0OnNK8pM92WrjQK2ijCaciu&id=yukLAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc&dq=%22Documentary+History+of+Reconstruction%22&sig=KbFxeYrtnbJAFZRBvK_rApDguQg#PPR11,M1 volume 1 493 pp online] and [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0lH-_oan672uKoftngo_tzc&id=beoLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=documentary+plantation&as_brr=1#PPR7,M1 vol 2 480 pp online]

* Fleming, Walter L. ''Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational, and Industrial'' 2 vol (1906). Uses broad collection of primary sources; vol 1 on national politics; vol 2 on states; [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0OnNK8pM92WrjQK2ijCaciu&id=yukLAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc&dq=%22Documentary+History+of+Reconstruction%22&sig=KbFxeYrtnbJAFZRBvK_rApDguQg#PPR11,M1 volume 1 493 pp online] and [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0lH-_oan672uKoftngo_tzc&id=beoLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=documentary+plantation&as_brr=1#PPR7,M1 vol 2 480 pp online]

==see also==

==See also==

* [[Black History]]

* [[Black History]]

* [[Freedman's Bureau]]

* [[Freedman's Bureau]]

* [[Reconstruction]]

* [[Reconstruction]]

[[category:Reconstruction]]

[[Category:Reconstruction]]

[[category:Slavery]]

[[Category:Slavery]]

[[category:Black History]]

[[Category:Black History]]

[[category:The South]]

[[Category:The South]]

[[category:American Civil War]]

[[Category:American Civil War]]