Question
According to Green, the Freedmen's Bureau did not redistribute lands confiscated from rebellious Confederate plantation owners, and Sherman's Field Order # 15 was rescinded because;
Poor White Southerners who never owned Enslaved People wanted land too
Pres. Andrew Johnson ordered all confiscated land returned to their original owners
Confiscated lands were going to be granted to Native Americans for 'reservations'
Pres. Lincoln feared these policies would anger the Border States and they would secede too
Poor White Southerners who never owned Enslaved People wanted land too
Pres. Andrew Johnson ordered all confiscated land returned to their original owners
Confiscated lands were going to be granted to Native Americans for 'reservations'
Pres. Lincoln feared these policies would anger the Border States and they would secede too
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GPT-4o mini
According to Green, the Freedmen's Bureau did not redistribute lands confiscated from rebellious Confederate plantation owners, and Sherman's Field Order # 15 was rescinded because President Andrew Johnson ordered all confiscated land returned to their original owners.