Date of Award
12-2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts - History
Department
History
First Advisor
Scott Sosebee
Second Advisor
Perky Beisel
Third Advisor
Andrew Lannen
Fourth Advisor
Michael Martin
Abstract
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.
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.
Repository Citation
King, Jacy D., "The Challenges Faced by the Freedmen’s Bureau Agents of Deep East Texas" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 225.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/225
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