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40 acres and a mule was a practice in 1865 of providing arable land to African American former slaves who became free as Union armies occupied areas of the Confederacy. Unfortunately, after Lincoln was assassinated, his successor did not honor the grant. This made it a symbol of failure to ackowledge the equality of former slaves.

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