A Hopeful Look.
May 11, 1866
Summary
Reports from the Freedmen's Bureau claim that relations between whites and blacks are improving.
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The official reports of the Assistant Commissioners of the Freedman's Bureau to the Commissioner, now being received for the month of April, show a continued improvement in the relations between the white and black races in the States recently in rebellion. The freedmen seem to be gaining a more correct notion of their responsibilities, as well as privileges, in their new character of freedmen; and where they conduct themselves inoffensively, the whites are becoming more disposed to treat them civilly and deal justly with them.
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Brooke Beam
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“A Hopeful Look.,” Reconstructing Virginia, accessed March 30, 2023, https://reconstructingvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/146.