Discovering Homestead Connections

About This Blog

Learn how the Homestead Act of 1862 and subsequent homestead laws played a role in people lives. This blog is dedicated to share the experiences of homestead descendants and share their discoveries and research about how the Homestead Act played a role in their lives.

Life After Emancipation: A Juneteenth Celebration of Black American Homesteaders and Their Role in the History of Agriculture in Post Emancipation.

June 12, 2022 Posted by: Falan Goff

Simon's story motivated me to research Black Homesteaders and find more about his homestead. According to my research, other formerly enslaved African American homesteaders owned and farmed their land following independence. So far, I discovered that over 150 African Americans in the South gained land under the Homestead Act of 1862. I have discovered one of the earliest homesteaders was African American and he applied for a homestead just a year after emancipation in 1866.

 

Last updated: June 12, 2022

Park footer

Contact Info

Mailing Address:

8523 West State Highway 4
Beatrice, NE 68310

Phone:

402 223-3514

Contact Us