The Homestead Act of 1862

a primary source history of the settlement of the American Heartland in the late 19th century

Chronicles the history of the Homestead Act of 1862 which offered settlers up to one hundred sixty acres of land in the American Plains and invoked a horde of prospective homesteaders including new immigrants, women, and freed slaves.

Rosen Central Primary Source
2005
9781404201781
book

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