Forty Acres and a Mule: The Freedmen's Bureau and Black Land Ownership
Forty Acres and a Mule: The Freedmen's
Bureau and Black Land Ownership
Paperback – June 13, 2012
by Claude F. Oubre (Author),
Katherine C. Mooney (Foreword)
First published in 1978, Claude F. Oubre's Forty Acres and a Mule has since become a definitive study in the history of American Reconstruction. Drawing on a vast collection of government records and newspapers, Oubre examines what he sees as the crucial question of Reconstruction: Why were the far majority of freed slaves denied the opportunity to own land during the Reconstruction era, leaving them vulnerable to a persecution that strongly resembled slavery?
Oubre recounts the struggle of black families to acquire land and how the U.S. government agency Freedmen's Bureau both served and obstructed them. This groundbreaking book offers an indispensable resource for anyone eager to understand the evolution of slavery studies.
Publisher: LSU Press (June 13, 2012)
Language: English
Paperback: 246 pages
ISBN-10: 0807144738
ISBN-13: 978-0807144732
Item Weight: 14.4 ounces
Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
