HIST 2061 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Southern District Fc, Sharecropping, Smallpox
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30 mi wide, 245 mi long: 40 acres & a mule, the head per family to work land, 40,000 people on 400,00 acres in ga & sc. Port royal experiment: 1861: us treasury department, within six months of the special order 40,000 people working on. 245 mile long to provide land for african americans. Iii: when planters in buford and port royal fled to the interior after military invasions, the us treasury auctions off their land. Freedman who are able to buy this land will: freedmen & northern investors, northern investors will hire free men to plant cotton in port royal. Insufficient personnel and funds: 900 agents from va to tx, not enough money to support. ii. Free men work the land and planters provide the supplies such as seeds, land, and animals: planters uses credit gouging, st. helena"s island & the port royal experiment, st. helena enrolls 138 children and 58 adults.
