About This BlogLearn 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
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