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01/05/1866 |
In Washington, Senator Trumbull introduces measures to extend the authority of the Freedmen's Bureau |
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01/25/1866 |
In Washington, the Senate passes measures to extend the authority of the Freedmen's Bureau |
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02/06/1866 |
In Washington, the House of Representatives passes the Freedmen's Bureau Bill |
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02/19/1866 |
In Washington, President Johnson vetoes the Freedmen's Bureau Bill |
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02/20/1866 |
In Washington, the Senate fails to over-ride President Johnson's veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill |
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10/01/1866 |
The Freedmen's Bureau halts the free issue of rations to refugees and freedmen across the South. |
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10/19/1866 |
A large force of nightriders terrorize African-American homes throughout Marion County, Kentucky. |
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04/09/1867 |
George Luther Stearns, leading abolitionist and member of "the Secret Six' dies of pneumonia in New York City. |
