What is the Freedman's Bureau in They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti?

The Freedman's Bureau was organized to help the poverty stricken people both white and black. It was intended to be in existence for one year. It went on for four. It was to help with food, education, and hospitals. The white taxpayer felt they were paying for freed people who should get a job.