Forty acres and a mule : the Freedman's Bureau and Black land ownership /
Oubre, Claude F.,1936-
Originally published: 1978.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index.
Wartime efforts toward economic security for Blacks -- Consfiscation and restoration -- The Sherman Reservation -- Alternative proposals and the Southern Homestead Act -- Homesteading in Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas -- Homesteading in Louisiana -- Homesteading in Florida -- A stake in the land -- Conclusions.
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
African Americans
Freedmen
Freedmen
Land tenure
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)