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The phrase "40 acres and a mule" originates from the post-Civil War era in the United States, particularly from a wartime order issued by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1865. This order aimed to provide freed African American families with 40 acres of land and a mule to help them establish independent livelihoods. Although the promise was never fully realized and the land redistribution was largely reversed, the phrase has since become a symbol of the unfulfilled reparations and economic justice for African Americans.
The phrase "40 acres and a mule" refers to the promise made by the U.S. government to provide recently freed slaves with land and a mule after the Civil War. This promise was largely unfulfilled as the policy was eventually reversed.
Following the Civil War, General William T. Sherman issued Special Field Orders No. 15, which allocated 40 acres of land and the use of a mule to newly freed slaves in the Southern states. However, this policy was later revoked by President Andrew Johnson, and the promised land was reclaimed by the government.
40 Acres and a Mule
General Butler
Forty acres and a mule is a bad thing, it should not be mentioned.
They migrated because the west was "new," and the government had promised them 40 acres and a mule. They had heard of the California Gold Rush, and they wanted a piece of the action.
1 "section" is one square mile = 640 acres1/4 of 1/4 = 1/161/16 of 640 acres = 40 acres, whether with or without a mule
When lands confiscated from the former Confederates were returned back to them by administration of President Andrew Johnson, freed slaves that had been given 40 acres of farmland were evicted.
When lands confiscated from the former Confederates were returned back to them by administration of President Andrew Johnson, freed slaves that had been given 40 acres of farmland were evicted.