This section details the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau in aiding the newly freed African Americans after Emancipation. Although unable to uncover the fate of the fourteen enslaved persons named in Mor..
This section details the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau in aiding the newly freed African Americans after Emancipation. Although unable to uncover the fate of the fourteen enslaved persons named in Morgan’s will, several other enslaved persons from the Morgan plantations were identified in the Freedmen’s Bureau archives. These people are profiled in the following sections.
