American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission

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The American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission was charged by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton in March of 1863 with investigating the status of the slaves and former slaves who were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. Stanton appointed Samuel Gridley Howe, James McKaye, and Robert Dale Owen as commissioners, all three of whom served from the creation of the committee in 1863 through to their submission of its final report in May of 1864.

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  • [1], Preliminary Report of the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission.
  • [2], Final Report of the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission.
  • [3], Harvard University Library American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission Records Guide.


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