40 acres and a mule — is a term for compensation that was promised to be awarded to freed African American slaves after the Civil War 40 acres (16 ha) of land to farm, and a mule with which to drag a plow so the land could be cultivated.The award a land grant of a… … Wikipedia
Forty Acres — may be:*40 acres and a mule, a term for compensation that was supposedly to be awarded to freed slaves after the American Civil War *RKO Forty Acres, a former backlot *Forty Acres is the nickname of the original College Hill located within the… … Wikipedia
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands — The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (usually referred to as the Freedmen s Bureau) was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed refugees of the American Civil War. The Freedmen s Bureau Bill, which created the… … Wikipedia
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Red River Parish, Louisiana — Infobox U.S. County county = Red River Parish state = Louisiana founded year = 1871 founded date = seat wl = Coushatta largest city wl = Coushatta area total sq mi = 402 area total km2 = 1041 area land sq mi = 389 area land km2 = 1008 area water… … Wikipedia
Coushatta massacre — The Coushatta Massacre (1874) was the result of an attack by the White League, a paramilitary organization composed of white Southern Democrats, on Republican officeholders and freedmen in Coushatta, the parish seat of Red River Parish, Louisiana … Wikipedia
Gone with the Wind (film) — Infobox Film name = Gone With The Wind image size = 215px caption = original release poster director = Victor Fleming Uncredited: George Cukor Sam Wood producer = David O. Selznick writer = Screenplay: Sidney Howard Novel: Margaret Mitchell… … Wikipedia
Reconstruction Era of the United States — In the history of the United States, the term Reconstruction Era has two senses: the first covers the entire nation in the period 1865–1877 following the Civil War; the second one, used in this article, covers the transformation of the Southern… … Wikipedia
Reconstruction era of the United States — In the history of the United States, Reconstruction refers to the time between 1863 and 1877 when the U.S. focused on abolishing slavery, destroying the Confederacy, and reconstructing the nation and the Constitution. Reconstruction is also the… … Wikipedia
Land reform — Land reforms (also agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning) is an often controversial alteration in the societal arrangements whereby government administers possession and use of land. Land reform may consist of a government… … Wikipedia
Coushatta, Louisiana — Coordinates: 32°01′23″N 93°20′30″W / 32.02306°N 93.34167°W / 32.02306; 93.34167 … Wikipedia
