THE DREAM REALIZED? AFRICAN AMERICAN LANDOWNERSHIP IN CENTRAL GEORGIA BETWEEN RECONSTRUCTION AND WORLD WAR TWO. |
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Schultz, M.
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1/1/98
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Journal
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Agricultural History
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72(2)p.298-312
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African American
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| Abstract |
Reviews evidence indicating significant numbers of African-American landowners in the South after Reconstruction. Describes the experiences of several of these landowners in HancockCounty, Georgia, located within the rich agricultural plantation belt of the state, relating where and from whom blacks acquired land, how they paid for the land, their freedom to choosewhere to purchase and sell goods, and their ability to educate their children. While black landowners lacked political power and were exposed to Jim Crow laws, landownershipallowed relative self-sufficiency and shielded landowners from much contact with whites. Some of the decline in African-American landownership resulted when landowners educated children entered relatively well-paid occupations in cities instead of farming.Based on interviews and tax, school, and census records for Hancock County, Georgia; 24 notes.
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