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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

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He also cultivates 75 acres of wheat, 83 acres of soybeans, 65 acres of corn, and 45 acres of hardwoods and pine trees. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. The delays in payment could be devastating. To note: Hemp contains only.3