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Freedmen's Bureau (sh) and past 1, adjective (oh)


Freedmen's Bureau (sh)




(1865-72) U.S. agency established during Reconstruction to help freed slaves in their transition to freedom.

Officially named the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, it was directed by Oliver O. Howard. It built hospitals and provided medical assistance to more than 1 million freed blacks and 21 million rations for blacks and whites. It also built more than 1,000 schools for black children and helped found colleges and teacher-Training institutes for blacks, but it had little Success in safeguarding civil rights and promoting land redistribution. Congress later responded to pressure from white Southerners by terminating the bureau.


past 1, adjective (oh)



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1 ?previous?
2 ?recent?
3 ?finished?
4 ?former?
5 ?grammar?
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[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Old past participle of pass]
?PREVIOUS?
[only before noun] done, used, or experienced before now
::Judging by her past performance, Jane should do very well.
::From past experience she knew that it was no use arguing with him.
::Study some past exam papers to get an idea of the questions.
?RECENT?
[only before noun] used to refer to a period up until now
::the events of the past year
::During the past two weeks twelve people have died of the disease.
::She has been feeling tired for the past few days.
?FINISHED?
finished or having come to an end
::Winter is past and spring has come at last.
::writers from past centuries
::a tradition rooted in times long past
?FORMER?
[only before noun] having held a particular position in the past or achieved a particular honour in the past
past president/member/winner etc
::a past president of the Golf club
::a celebration for past and present employees of the newspaper
::Bruce Jenner, a past Olympic champion
?GRAMMAR?
[only before noun] relating to the past tense