26 jun 1866 ano - Southern Homestead Act of 1866
Descrição:
A United States federal law enacted to break a cycle of debt during the Reconstruction following the American Civil War. Prior to this act, blacks and whites alike were having trouble buying land. Sharecropping and tenant farming had become ways of life. This act attempted to solve this by selling land at low prices so that southerners could buy it. Many people, however, could still not participate because the low prices were still too high.
The Act opened 46 million acres of federal land in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. African Americans were granted priority access until January 1, 1867. However, a lack of agricultural resources (seeds, tools, and farm animals), the poor quality of most of the land, and persecution by whites made it difficult for African Americans to take advantage of this opportunity.
Ultimately, before too much land was distributed, the law was repealed in June 1876. Nevertheless, free Blacks entered about 6,500 claims to homesteads, and about 1,000 of these eventually resulted in property certificates.
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History of Leadership In The States
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