“She Would Not Go Anyhow”: Freedwomen in Post–Civil War Fairfax County (1865–1872)

Abstract

The National Archives contains the Freedmen's Bureau records. Copies of these documents are available through familysearch.org. The documents that I have cited in this paper can be found under FamilySearch's collection labeled "Virginia, Freedmen's Bureau Office Records, 1865-1872." FamilySearch organizes Virginia's records by the Freedmen's Bureau office or subordinate field locations. All of my documents are categorized under Fairfax Courthouse (Fairfax County, assistant subassistant commissioner).