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What Does ’40 Acres And A Mule’ Mean? Kendrick Lamar Lyric And History, Explained
Today, Skidaway Island is a gated community owned by a wealthy family, with little trace of its former Black prosperity. Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. described the “40 acres and a mule ...
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How a Black Utopia For Formerly Enslaved People Became a Wealthy White Enclave
The mostly white residents that call Skidaway Island ... Rewind to 1865: The island was a thriving Black community, where freedmen farmed, created a system of government, and turned former ...