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What was 40 acres?

Updated: 5/4/2024
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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.

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