Excerpt from "Documentary History of Reconstruction" by Walter L. Fleming.

Excerpt from "Documentary History of Reconstruction" by Walter L. Fleming.

The passage includes excerpts from federal legislation dealing with the Freedmen's Bureau. "Rules and Regulations for Assistant Commissioners" stresses that "the officer should never forget that no substitute for slavery, like apprenticeship without proper consent, or peonage...w...

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Excerpt from "Documentary History of Reconstruction" by Walter L. Fleming.
fulltopic Alabama documents
Freed persons--United States; Legislation--United States; Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865-1877); United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freed persons, and Abandoned Lands; United States--Politics and government--1865-1933
description The passage includes excerpts from federal legislation dealing with the Freedmen's Bureau. "Rules and Regulations for Assistant Commissioners" stresses that "the officer should never forget that no substitute for slavery, like apprenticeship without proper consent, or peonage...will be tolerated." "The Bureau and the Laws of the States" explains how the Bureau will cooperate with local governments to manage matters involving apprentices, orphans, paupers, and vagrants. "Regulation of Labor Contracts" sets guidelines for hiring freedmen, addressing legal requirements ("All contracts for labor...should be approved by the agent of this bureau for the parish in which the parties reside"); length of employment and work hours (no work on Sundays); wages and overtime pay; and the mandatory provision of food, shelter, clothing, and medical care.
spelling Q0000012669 - Q0000012673Q12669 - Q12673Excerpt from "Documentary History of Reconstruction" by Walter L. Fleming.The passage includes excerpts from federal legislation dealing with the Freedmen's Bureau. "Rules and Regulations for Assistant Commissioners" stresses that "the officer should never forget that no substitute for slavery, like apprenticeship without proper consent, or peonage...will be tolerated." "The Bureau and the Laws of the States" explains how the Bureau will cooperate with local governments to manage matters involving apprentices, orphans, paupers, and vagrants. "Regulation of Labor Contracts" sets guidelines for hiring freedmen, addressing legal requirements ("All contracts for labor...should be approved by the agent of this bureau for the parish in which the parties reside"); length of employment and work hours (no work on Sundays); wages and overtime pay; and the mandatory provision of food, shelter, clothing, and medical care.19501950-00-001870-1879Freed persons--United States; Legislation--United States; Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865-1877); United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freed persons, and Abandoned Lands; United States--Politics and government--1865-1933TextBooksFleming, Walter L.Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational & Industrial, 1865 to the Present TimeE668 .F58 1950v18729Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.;600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/1824
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