Historical Newspaper: The Georgia Troubles
Subject
Forty Acres and a Mule
Title
Historical Newspaper: The Georgia Troubles
Date
08/27/1875
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: This article appears at the top of the second column on page six. Some language may be offensive to readers.
Chronicling America features an article from the August 27, 1875 edition of The New York Herald, titled, "The Georgia Troubles," which details a "plot for negro insurrection in Georgia," and a "new secret society" that alledgedly enticed African Americans recruits with ideas of "equality" and "forty acres and a mule." The repeated references to the promise of "Forty Acres and a Mule" was part of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Special Field Order No. 15, which was issued on January 16, 1865, to allot land and leftover Army mules to formerly enslaved African American families. According to the article, the phrase was often renewed during elections to gain Black votes, especially because many poor African Americans still believed in the unfulfilled promise.
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Chronicling America features an article from the August 27, 1875 edition of The New York Herald, titled, "The Georgia Troubles," which details a "plot for negro insurrection in Georgia," and a "new secret society" that alledgedly enticed African Americans recruits with ideas of "equality" and "forty acres and a mule." The repeated references to the promise of "Forty Acres and a Mule" was part of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Special Field Order No. 15, which was issued on January 16, 1865, to allot land and leftover Army mules to formerly enslaved African American families. According to the article, the phrase was often renewed during elections to gain Black votes, especially because many poor African Americans still believed in the unfulfilled promise.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (The New York Herald, NY)
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“Historical Newspaper: The Georgia Troubles,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 6, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/22.