Now—what will we do about it? So the program of 40 acres and a mule was based on a program of a conquering general and not of the federal government? On what legal basis was the land seized from the previous owner to be given away? The federal government had five years of occupation which was plenty of time to normalize the deeds to the land. Why did that not happen? An Army veteran, who acquired a farm after retiring. People have been slaves since the dawn of man.
Have the Romans, Vikings, Egyptians and American Indians just to name a few that have had slaves paid any restitution? During slavery, after slavery and the beat goes on. I served during the Viet Nam War.
What we as Blacks need to realize is that we were brought here not to be Whites equal when our own country sold us and treated less than there equals. The land Whites took from the Indians was it going to go to someone they bought as slaves be real.
What about the Indians and if we Blacks want 40 acres they want back all the acres that was taken from them. If we had the upper hand we would do just what the Whites do my family first. Forget about the past get an education,Reperation is a thing of the past. God has this. I am a year old white man who dearly loves our American Republic. Johns river, Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negroes [sic] now made free by the acts of war and the proclamation of the President of the United States.
The extent of this Order and its larger implications are mind-boggling, actually. And what they wanted astonishes us even today. Who were these 20 thoughtful leaders who exhibited such foresight? They were all ministers, mostly Baptist and Methodist. Most curious of all to me is that 11 of the 20 had been born free in slave states, of which 10 had lived as free men in the Confederacy during the course of the Civil War.
The other one, a man named James Lynch, was born free in Maryland, a slave state, and had only moved to the South two years before.
Their chosen leader and spokesman was a Baptist minister named Garrison Frazier, aged 67, who had been born in Granville, N. The stakes for the future of the Negro people were high. Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase expanded the offering to forty acres per family. In January , General William T. Sherman met with twenty African American leaders who told him that land ownership was the best way for blacks to secure and enjoy their newfound freedom.
The order reserved coastal land in Georgia and South Carolina for black settlement. Each family would receive forty acres. Later, Sherman agreed to loan the settlers army mules. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Share Flipboard Email. Robert McNamara. History Expert. Robert J. McNamara is a history expert and former magazine journalist.
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