On Jan. 16, 1865, Union General William T. Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, promising freed Black families 40 acres and an army mule. The order, developed with input from Black leaders in Savannah, Georgia, set aside the Sea Islands and a 330-mile coastal stretch from Charleston, South Carolina, to Florida for settlement by […]
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