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One of the key figures who founded several schools for freedmen in the South was Booker T. Washington. He established the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama in 1881, which focused on vocational training for African Americans. Washington's efforts were part of a broader movement to provide education and improve the social and economic conditions of freed slaves following the Civil War. His work played a significant role in advancing educational opportunities for African Americans in the post-Reconstruction era.

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What is true of schools for African Americans in the South?

the freedmen's bureau started them.


Who created the freedmen's schools?

Freedmen's schools were primarily established by the American Missionary Association (AMA) and other religious and philanthropic organizations after the Civil War. These schools aimed to provide education to formerly enslaved African Americans in the South. They were supported by the federal government through the Freedmen's Bureau, which played a crucial role in funding and organizing educational efforts for freed slaves.


Why was the freedman's bureau established?

After the Civil War, a group called "Radical Republicans" passed several bills to aid the freedmen in the South. One of those bills increaced the role of the Freedmen's Bureau.The Freedmen's Bureau was used to help less wealthy black and whites alike.The bureau would help the freedmen by finding them jobs and giving them food and clothing. The agency even established schools and hospitals in the South, for freedmen of all ages. Congress was originally going to fund the agency for a year, however they began to realize how much good the Freedmen's Bureau was doing they kept funding it. Although the agency was a good cause, many (including some freedmen) critized the bureau. Bad bureau officials and slow response to freedmen's needs where often heard complaints. The Freedmen's Bureau was orginally established to help freedmen by educating them, feeding them and teaching them how to make a living as a freed slave.


Who was an African American born free in Pennsylvania and became well known in the north as an abolitionist and activist against segregation and moved to the south and founded several schools for free?

Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs


What groups helped the South during Reconstruction?

Freedmen, Scalawags, And Carpet-Baggers