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A Brief History of Discrimination against Black Farmers—Including by the USDA

The Equation

By the time the act was repealed in 1976, only 3 million acres had been distributed, with most of it going to White people. The failure of this act likely played a role in paving the way for sharecropping and tenant farming. Approximately 6,500 free Black people filed claims, but only 1,000 of them received property certificates.

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A Brief History of Discrimination against Black Farmers—Including by the USDA

The Equation

By the time the act was repealed in 1876, only 3 million acres had been distributed, with most of it going to White people. The failure of this act likely played a role in paving the way for sharecropping and tenant farming. Approximately 6,500 free Black people filed claims, but only 1,000 of them received property certificates.