Monday, October 29, 2018

Land Gains, Land Losses: The Odyssey of African Americans Since Reconstruction

Here is the abstract for the article by the title above. Would be honored if you could read it and respond to it.

Abstract. The history of African American land acquisition and
dispossession is a long and torturous story from the shores of Africa,
through the Middle Passage, to enslavement in America in both urban
and rural settings, and into the complexities of freedom under
Reconstruction and Jim Crow. Prior to enslavement, Africans lived in
agricultural settings. Despite the horrors of slavery, their cultural
attachment to the land in their homelands would prove beneficial
after emancipation. Developing an agrarian spirit and accumulating
land at a rate beyond that of whites in the first few decades of freedom,
despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles, black land ownership
peaked in the early 1900s. Thereafter, African Americans began to
lose their land faster than whites. This article explores the larger
context of the South, the creativity African Americans showed in
resistance and in declaring themselves human, the movement toward
land ownership, and the ways and means by which African Americans
lost their land. Narrative and data reveal the complexities and the
lived experience of African Americans.

Here is the link. It allows for viewing all of the articles in this issue on racism and its impact in today's world. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15367150/2018/77/3-4


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