Southern Homestead Act of 1866
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:area |
gptkb:Southern_United_States
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| gptkbp:benefit |
freed African Americans
loyal Southern whites |
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
June 21, 1866
|
| gptkbp:effect |
limited success due to poor land quality and lack of resources for freedmen
|
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
| gptkbp:historicalName |
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Southern Homestead Act of 1866
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| gptkbp:landAvailable |
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 public land in Texas |
| gptkbp:landSizeLimit |
up to 80 acres per applicant
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to provide land for freedmen and loyal whites in the South after the Civil War
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Homestead_Act_of_1862
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| gptkbp:repealedBy |
1876
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| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Southern_Homestead_Act
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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