It was designed for the purpose of extending to the freeman protection against all the wrongs of local legislation, and to make him feel that the Government which had freed him would not desert him and allow his release from slavery to be made null and void.
Blaine emphasizes the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau in protecting freedmen from local injustices and ensuring their rights post-slavery.
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