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forty acres and a mule  

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  • “Forty acres and a mule” was the refrain heard and repeated during and after the Civil War when Africans were expecting a redistribution of land. This came about because on January 15, 1865, the American government passed Special Field Orders No. [Source: Encyclopedia of Black Studies; Forty Acres and a Mule]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-VCT03K8W-2

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