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FamilySearch - Tennessee, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 ^FREE

This collection corresponds with NARA microfilm publication M1911, Records of the Field Offices for the State of Tennessee, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872.

Mapping the Freedmen's Bureau New!

This site is devoted to pointing out the many places that affected the newly freed survivors of slavery. The sites where Freedman’s Bureau offices were located are marked for you. In addition other institutions that served former slaves, are marked – the branches of the Freedman’s Savings Bank, Freedmen Schools, contraband camps, and even the location of battle sites where men who were in the US Colored Troops fought.

The Freedmen

To help bring thousands of records to light, the Freedmen