The McHatton Home Colony was one of four of Home Colonies set up by the Freedmen's Bureau—an agency of the Federal government with a mission to protect the rights of freed blacks—following Union occupation in Louisiana as a transitionary solution to the changing dynamics in the Southern labor force due to the discontinuation of unfree labor. These Home Colonies were all formerly plantations and were confiscated by Union forces for this purpose.
The McHatton Home Colony was one of four of Home Colonies set up by the Freedmen's Bureau—an agency of the Federal government with a mission to protect the rights of freed blacks—following Union occupation in Louisiana as a transitionary solution to the changing dynamics in the Southern labor force due to the discontinuation of unfree labor. These Home Colonies were all formerly plantations and were confiscated by Union forces for this purpose.
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