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Too great a burden to bear : the struggle and failure of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas, Christopher B. Bean
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- Summary
- "In its brief seven-year existence, the Freedmen's Bureau became the epicenter of the debate about Reconstruction. Historians have only recently begun to focus on the Bureau's personnel in Texas, the individual agents termed the 'hearts of Reconstruction.' Specifically addressing the historiographical debates concerning the character of the Bureau and its sub-assistant commissioners (SACs), Too Great a Burden to Bear sheds new light on the work and reputation of these agents. Focusing on the agents on a personal level, author Christopher B. Bean reveals the type of man Bureau officials believed qualified to oversee the Freedpeople's transition to freedom. This work shows that each agent, moved by his sense of fairness and ideas of citizenship, gender, and labor, represented the agency's policy in his subdistrict. These men further ensured the former slaves' right to an education and right of mobility, something they never had while in bondage"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vi, 309 pages
- Contents
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- "A stranger amongst strangers" : who were the subassistant commissioners?
- "The post of greatest peril" : the E.M. Gregory era, September 1865-April 1866
- Conservative phoenix : the J.B. Kiddoo era, May 1866-summer 1866
- Bureau expansion, bureau courts, and the black code : the J.B. Kiddoo era, summer 1866-November 1866
- The bureau's highwater mark : the J.B. Kiddoo era, November 1866-January 1867
- "They must vote with the party that shed their blood ... in giving them liberty" : bureau agents, politics, and the bureau's new order : the Charles Griffin era, January 1867-summer 1867
- Violence, frustration, and yellow fever : the Charles Griffin era, summer-fall 1867
- General Orders No. 40 and the Freedmen's Bureau's end : the J.J. Reynolds era, September 1867-December 1868
- Conclusion : the subassistant commissioners in Texas
- Isbn
- 9780823271764
- Label
- Too great a burden to bear : the struggle and failure of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas
- Title
- Too great a burden to bear
- Title remainder
- the struggle and failure of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher B. Bean
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Texas -- History -- 19th century
- Biography
- Employees
- Freedmen
- Freedmen -- Texas -- History
- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History
- Race relations
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Texas
- Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Texas
- Texas -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- United States
- United States, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
- United States, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands -- History
- United States, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- 1800-1899
- African Americans
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In its brief seven-year existence, the Freedmen's Bureau became the epicenter of the debate about Reconstruction. Historians have only recently begun to focus on the Bureau's personnel in Texas, the individual agents termed the 'hearts of Reconstruction.' Specifically addressing the historiographical debates concerning the character of the Bureau and its sub-assistant commissioners (SACs), Too Great a Burden to Bear sheds new light on the work and reputation of these agents. Focusing on the agents on a personal level, author Christopher B. Bean reveals the type of man Bureau officials believed qualified to oversee the Freedpeople's transition to freedom. This work shows that each agent, moved by his sense of fairness and ideas of citizenship, gender, and labor, represented the agency's policy in his subdistrict. These men further ensured the former slaves' right to an education and right of mobility, something they never had while in bondage"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bean, Christopher B
- Dewey number
- 305.896/073076409034
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.93.T4
- LC item number
- B43 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Reconstructing America
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- African Americans
- Freedmen
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Texas
- United States
- Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- African Americans
- Employees
- Freedmen
- Race relations
- Texas
- United States
- Label
- Too great a burden to bear : the struggle and failure of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas, Christopher B. Bean
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "A stranger amongst strangers" : who were the subassistant commissioners? -- "The post of greatest peril" : the E.M. Gregory era, September 1865-April 1866 -- Conservative phoenix : the J.B. Kiddoo era, May 1866-summer 1866 -- Bureau expansion, bureau courts, and the black code : the J.B. Kiddoo era, summer 1866-November 1866 -- The bureau's highwater mark : the J.B. Kiddoo era, November 1866-January 1867 -- "They must vote with the party that shed their blood ... in giving them liberty" : bureau agents, politics, and the bureau's new order : the Charles Griffin era, January 1867-summer 1867 -- Violence, frustration, and yellow fever : the Charles Griffin era, summer-fall 1867 -- General Orders No. 40 and the Freedmen's Bureau's end : the J.J. Reynolds era, September 1867-December 1868 -- Conclusion : the subassistant commissioners in Texas
- Control code
- 925500041
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vi, 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9780823271764
- Lccn
- 2015042262
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)925500041
- Label
- Too great a burden to bear : the struggle and failure of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas, Christopher B. Bean
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "A stranger amongst strangers" : who were the subassistant commissioners? -- "The post of greatest peril" : the E.M. Gregory era, September 1865-April 1866 -- Conservative phoenix : the J.B. Kiddoo era, May 1866-summer 1866 -- Bureau expansion, bureau courts, and the black code : the J.B. Kiddoo era, summer 1866-November 1866 -- The bureau's highwater mark : the J.B. Kiddoo era, November 1866-January 1867 -- "They must vote with the party that shed their blood ... in giving them liberty" : bureau agents, politics, and the bureau's new order : the Charles Griffin era, January 1867-summer 1867 -- Violence, frustration, and yellow fever : the Charles Griffin era, summer-fall 1867 -- General Orders No. 40 and the Freedmen's Bureau's end : the J.J. Reynolds era, September 1867-December 1868 -- Conclusion : the subassistant commissioners in Texas
- Control code
- 925500041
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vi, 309 pages
- Isbn
- 9780823271764
- Lccn
- 2015042262
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)925500041
Subject
- African Americans -- Texas -- History -- 19th century
- Biography
- Employees
- Freedmen
- Freedmen -- Texas -- History
- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History
- Race relations
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Texas
- Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Texas
- Texas -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- United States
- United States, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
- United States, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands -- History
- United States, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- 1800-1899
- African Americans
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