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The archive of emancipation

22 mins | Nov 13, 2023
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In the papers of the Freedmen’s Bureau, Lonnie G. Bunch III found the hopes and disappointments of a people on the cusp of freedom—including his own family’s. Read by Sean Crisden. This article is part of “On Reconstruction”, The Atlantic's project about America’s most radical experiment.

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