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Trumbull's bill conferring upon the Freedmen's Bureau a degree of power which combated and restrained the Southern authorities at every point where wrong was committed or menaced.
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Blaine describes Trumbull's bill aimed at empowering the Freedmen's Bureau to protect African Americans from Southern authorities.
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