Part One: The War On Vagrants
Behind the Bastards
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The Freedman's Bureau's Investigation of Vagrancy
In the early 1900s, Malaga and its surrounding islands were starting to gain the attention of mainland culture. The anti-vagrant hysteria had been influenced by this wave of vagrancy laws sweeping the country. In a letter to Freedman's Bureau Commissioner Fisk, he described what was going on.
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