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Memphis Freedman's Bureau Illustration

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3001
Abstract

This collection consists of a color newspaper illustration depicting the Office the Freedmen's Bureau in Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1866-1868. It shows three seated white men, one of whom is T. A. Walker (the Superintendent of the District of Western Tennessee's Freedmen's Bureau), and a group of African-American men, who seem to be asking for their assistance.

Dates: circa 1866-1868

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  • Subject: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Tennessee. X
  • Subject: Freedmen -- Tennessee. X