2 kids but he had three but the third died after his birth
She came from a poor background. she was poor and sexually abused. and now she is a motivational speaker who inspires all
The Homestead Act was a series of laws that were passed that allowed individuals and families to acquire federal land easily at little to no cost. This created an economic incentive for individuals to move Westward or to inhabit "empty" federal lands that had not been bought or were uncontrolled by other individuals. The goal was to create "homesteads" in uninhabited lands so that the lands would be populated by families and individuals.
<span>They mostly took legal action. At first, after emancipation, former slaves expected full voting rights and forty acres and a mule. The law failed to provide them this, but they still campaigned for it. They brought many legal cases up in court to accomplish aims like abolishing the one drop law and restoring voting rights, but most were ineffective.</span>
