They gave freedmen fourty acres and a mule ( neve actually gave them a mule)
The war powers resolution
He never had the authority to do it in the first place. Sherman was simply trying to get the slaves to stop following his army, so he made the '40 acres and a mule' promise - although he never had the authority to make such a promise or enforce it.
Blackjack is a mule in George Washington's Socks.
the republicans gain control of both houses of congress. they maintained that the southern states were not "adequately reconstructed" and must ratify the fourteenth amendment before they could rejoin the Union. One radical, Thaddeus Stevens, wanted to punish the south even more by breaking up all the plantations and providing every farm slave with "forty acres and a mule." But the republicans , who valued personal property, refused to seriously consider his plan.
Forty acres and a mule is a bad thing, it should not be mentioned.
hannah
No they didn't. That promise was not kept.
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I dont know thats why I asked :P
General Sherman. -- His promise failed though.
Newly freed blacks from the South. Sadly, the promise was never fulfilled.
:I love the explanation of peace and joy. It's pretty." Pascal said. (Page 13.)
Slaves
The Union promised them "40 Acres and a Mule". President Andrew Johnson rescinded that promise, because he didn't like black people.
in hong kong
They gave freedmen fourty acres and a mule ( neve actually gave them a mule)