Forty Acres And A Mule
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A wartime order proclaimed by union General William Tecumseh Sherman on Jan. 16, 1865 was to allot land to freed families. Despite efforts of radical Republicans during the reconstruction period. However, significant land distribution measures were abandoned and virtually were returned to white owners. "Forty Acres and A Mule" by Aubre Claude F The Freedmen Bureau and Black Land Ownership, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1978, Special Order #15
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