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A Freedman and a General Discuss the Meanings of Freedom
What exactly should be done for freedmen, if anything, was hotly debated in the years following the Civil War. As this exchange between a Union military officer and a former slave in Arkansas shows, even the meaning of freedom was up for grabs.
Tags: Reconstruction
Item Type: Government Document
Historical Era: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)