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Aktungbby · 01-16-23, 12:21 PM

1865: Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumsah Sherman decreed that 400,000 acres of confiscated land would be divided into 40-acre parcels to be given to 'emancipted' ex-slaves. The order, later revoked by Southern born President Andrew Johnson, is believed to have inspired the expression: "Forty acres and a mule"...

01-16-23, 12:21 PM	#4446
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 28,000 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	1865: Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumsah Sherman decreed that 400,000 acres of confiscated land would be divided into 40-acre parcels to be given to 'emancipted' ex-slaves. The order, later revoked by Southern born President Andrew Johnson, is believed to have inspired the expression: "Forty acres and a mule"... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"