Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 10, 2024
When the owner of the land where Byron was sharecropping died, he willed Byron at least 10 acres. Now its OK to talk about, because now we actually have a little bit of ownership in the process, he says. Claimants were supposed to receive payments soon after, but because of confusing paperwork and processing issues, very few did.
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