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The US government never did give freed slaves their 40 acres
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40 acres were made avaiable to every ex-slave. All they had to do was READ the instructions. WRITE the myriad of applications. TRAVEL to several locations to complete the process. BUY livestock and building materials to build a dwelling, fence the entire property and raise a viable crop for 5 years, to get the title/deed.
Remarkably, some actually managed to do it, but of course most didn't because they couldn't read or write and had no money.
