Homestead Act
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A homestead act was one of three United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership at no cost of farmland called a "homestead" – typically 160 acres (65 hectares or one-fourth section) of undeveloped federal land west of the Mississippi River. It was an expression of the "Free Soil" policy of Northerners who wanted individual farmers to own and operate their own farms, as opposed to slaveowners who would use gangs of slaves.
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- Related: Daniel Freeman, General Land Office, Land Act of 1804, Homestead principle, Land grants, Land patent, Land run, Military Tract of 1812, Preemption Act of 1841, Public Land Survey System
| Homestead Act Homestead Act www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Homestead.html - Web |
| Homestead National Monument of America Homestead National Monument of America www.nps.gov/home/index.htm - Web |
| "About the Homestead Act" "About the Homestead Act" www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm - Web |
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| Homestead Act of 1862 Homestead Act of 1862 www.archives.gov/education/lessons/homestead-act/index.html - Web |
| Homesteaders and Pioneers on the Olympic Peninsula Homesteaders and Pioneers on the Olympic Peninsula content.lib.washington.edu/.../index.html - Web |
| "Adeline Hornbek and the Homestead Act: A Colorado... "Adeline Hornbek and the Homestead Act: A Colorado Success Story" www.nps.gov/.../67hornbek.htm - Web |
| Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – Hom... Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – Homestead Act digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/H/HO022.html - Web |
