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From 15 Million Acres to 1 Million: How Black People Lost Their Land?







New York destroyed a village full of African-American landowners to create Central Park IN NYC (SENECA VILLAGE AKA NIGGER VILLAGE)



A 19th century map of part of the settlement, marked with names of some residents.


Prominent abolitionist Albro Lyons and Mary Joseph Lyons were residents of Seneca Village.





At its height, Black land ownership was impressive. At the turn of the 20th century, formerly enslaved Black people and their heirs owned 15 million acres of land, primarily in the South, mostly used for farming. In 1920, the 925,000 African-American farms represented 14 percent of the farms in America. Sadly, things turned for the worse, as 600,000 Black farmers were forced off their land, with only 45,000 Black farms remaining in 1975. Now, Black folks are only 1 percent of rural landowners in the U.S., and under 2 percent of farmers. Of the 1 billion acres of arable land in America, Black people today own a little more than 1 million acres, according to AP.


During the Obama administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture settled with Black farmers for $2.3 billion for their longstanding claims of discrimination in farm loans and other government programs.




READ THIS ARTICLE HERE AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK!


http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/06/30/from-15-million-acres-to-1-million-how-black-people-lose-their-land/





Jeremiah 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

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