The phrase Forty Acres and a Mule got strong popularity in the South following the Civil War. It was the first organized effort to provide a sort of reparation for newly liberated slaves. Found its source from the Special Field Orders, No. 15 drafted by General Sherman arguing for the right of newly liberated African Americans to redistribute the land among them. However, this order had not become an official government step because of various reasons and the most famous one was the untimely death of Lincon.
