Legal Opinion
Pigford v. Glickman
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 14, 1999No. Nos. Civ.A. 97-1978 (PLF), Civ.A. 98-1693 (PLF)PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
Forty acres and a mule. As the Civil War drew to a close, the United States government created the Freedmen’s Bureau to provide assistance to former slaves. The government promised to sell or lease to farmers parcels of unoccupied land and land that had been confiscated by the Union during the war, and it promised the loan of a federal government mule to plow that land. Some African Americans took advantage of these programs and either bought or leased parcels of land. During Reconstruction, however, President Andrew Johnson vetoed a bill to enlarge…
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