Freedman's Aid Society
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The Freedman's Aid Society was originally founded as the Fugatives' Aid Society; to assist Fugitive slaves and to lobby and protest against slavery in the United States. The organization offered safe houses to the Underground railroad, and other escaped slaves. With the sigining of the Emancipation Proclamation, by President Abraham Lincoln the, Fugatives' Aid Society became the Freedman's Aid Society. The organization sent montitary and volunteer aid to the U.S. South after the defeat of the Confederacy. The had a strong education initiative and was responsible for the establishment of many Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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History of slavery in the United States
