Fernandez Campbell, Alexia

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June 13, 2024

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Reconstruction-era records reveal how formerly enslaved people were stripped of land

Journalist Alexia Fernández Campbell says some freed men and women were given titles to land following the Civil War — but after President Lincoln's death, the land was taken back.

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Reconstruction-era records reveal how formerly enslaved people were stripped of land

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