Following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson overturned Special Field Order No. 15. The 400,000 acres of land that had been granted to newly emancipated black people was seized and returned to white Southerners.
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Following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson overturned Special Field Order No. 15. The 400,000 acres of land that had been granted to newly emancipated black people was seized and returned to white Southerners.