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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:14_Stat._66
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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June 21, 1866
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:historicalName
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gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Southern Homestead Act
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gptkbp:landAvailable
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public land in Alabama
public land in Arkansas
public land in Florida
public land in Louisiana
public land in Mississippi
public land in South Carolina
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gptkbp:purpose
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to provide land to freedmen and loyal whites in the South after the Civil War
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Homestead_Act_of_1862
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
June 1876
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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limited land distribution to freedmen
most land acquired by speculators and lumber companies
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gptkbp:shortName
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gptkb:Southern_Homestead_Act_of_1866
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
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gptkbp:startDate
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June 21, 1866
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gptkbp:targetAudience
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freed African Americans
loyal Southern whites
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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