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  • A collage illustration that sits a portrait of William T. Sherman atop an age-worn map. To his left is a disproportionally huge modern-day US $100 bill. At the center of the bill is a photo of formerly enslaved people with an oval sign above their head that reads “40.”

    40 Acres and a Lie Part 3

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  • A collage includes photos of a green golf course and a Black family visible in the cut-out silhouette of a man, a portrait of President Andrew Johnson, and a clipping of a historical document that includes Johnson’s name.

    40 Acres and a Lie Part 2

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  • A collage illustration that marries an image of acres of land with an age-worn map. On top sits William T. Sherman’s Special Field Orders, No. 15, which reserved coastal land in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida for the formerly enslaved to live and work on and govern themselves.

    How We Uncovered the True Story of 40 Acres and a Mule

    Alexia Fernández Campbell

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