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Congress passed a bill creating the Freedmen's Bureau, a government agency to help former slaves. Lincoln signed the bill.

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On March 3, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill creating the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Known as the Freedmen's Bureau, this federal agency oversaw the difficult transition of African Americans from slavery to freedom.

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