FREE LAND... was given to everyone that came here, except for slaves. They taught them how to farm the land.. to do that, they made treaties with the “natives”.. that they later broke and therefore taking the land. After 5 years you have a family asset, and a way to build generational wealth. This wasn’t given to free slaves (how would they get there or even know about it). (They knew how to farm, because that’s what they did... they were not offered any land).. just FYI
I have a thought. Could going West to take advantage of the Homestead Act be looked upon as a way to avoid being drafted into the Army during the Civil War? Like moving to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War. What effect would homesteading have on your draft status?
Homestead Act of 1862 didn't become available and explicitly include blacks until it was amended in 1866. So, this land of the free was nearly entirely available for only whites for over 4 years before blacks could touch it. Also, whose land was it to give away? I could've sworn that there were Native Americans here...but I could be wrong.
But it still was not available for slaves because they couldn't afford it even if they somehow became free. Free slaves were not wealthy they were just free. No one could own this land but whites. And Native Indians were discluded because they were in war with the Americans as you well pointed out. It was entirely only available for whites who settled here with money.
Unfortunately history is extremely one sided. Columbus sold natives as slaves (illegally, not that that technicality matters) to fund his voyages. Cornwallis is also the one who started putting bounties on native scalps, making scalping a thing. Neither of those names should be talked about without mentioning the horrific things they did.
Clos Ceballoss Ya, what he asked? Also would native americans be "human" enough this time around to get more than a burned teepee and troopers colt in the face?
I like how you make fun of Southern Americans, real classy and professional. The 160 acres was given on the agreement that you would work and farm the land. Who do you think the farmers where? I don't know possibly Southern Americans who worked farms, but had no land of their own. I am sure Northern Americans went west too, but Northern USA was the home of industry, so I would say not as many went. The majority of people who went ended up going back home, going back to the city, or dying. They had to have some "living off the land" experience to make it. I wonder who had more of that? A factory worker in Ohio or a farm boy from Alabama? I just think it is disrespectful to make fun and stereotype Southern Americans when they helped build this great nation we are today. Why do you think the government even came up with The Homestead Act? They owned all this land they had bought, but nobody was venturing out that far west. They needed us to populate the entire nation and also needed the food to support the nation.
This is the reason why whites were told never to talk about politics in the work place. The reason why is because they don't want us to know about all of the "ECONOMIC NATIONALISM" advantages they had that created a tremendous head start and unleveled playing field for them in this country.
WilliamBernard BROWN stop complaining about the past days of a 150 years or more ago. Do something about today. Yes there were terrible policies in the past that were unfair but times have changed and honestly things are much more “unfair” for the white man today than any other minority group due to social justice warriors
@@DaddySki87 exactly!!! Who cares if your ancestors were beaten, raped, mutilated, lynched, burned, economically assassinated for almost 300 yrs. No biggie! Cuz everybody knows past events have NO connection to the present😒
Thanks for the vo-cab "economic nationalism." New one on me. But that's kinda what they do mostly now isn't it? With the Federal Reserve, trade barriers and all? Nother Question? To give it away, how is it that the land was the government's in the first place? If there's no clear title, by giving most of it away, that which remains, kind of becomes there's by default. Pretty clever. I wonder if a non-government can do that trick? (I'm thinking software space.) I'll try it in my next novel.
Arguably it was the Native American land but in our view, the Louisiana Purchase made it "ours", which is expressed though the Federal Government. But point taken for sure.
Keith Hughes First of all I'm a FAN, but please do some research on Native American's especially the Treaty of 1851 and 1868, also the Black Hills Act of 1877. Stuff you don't learn in the history books played a big part in this.
First off, I agree with Keith, it belonged to the Native Americans, however, alot, well basically all(from my understanding) was occupied by other countries, such as France and Spain. The U.S. "gubbamint" had purchased the land from those countries. They had paid for the expeditions that mapped it, etc. In effect it was basically owned by the Feds. Not saying it's right, just sayin'. Native Americans got so hosed in pretty much every aspect. I'm half Native and Half Euro. My ancestors on both sides were here before this country was a country. I'm actually studying this period in time for my college history class. To involve myself further my in-laws and their cousins actually did gain land through the Homestaed Act and settled Summit Point, Utah, The original homestead house still stands and it was the original Post Office and general store.
John Tyler implemented something somewhat similar to this about 20 years prior, but of course, the Homestead Act was more effective and finally allowed black men to participate! 👍
This is the reason why whites were told never to talk about politics in the work place. The reason why is because they don't want us to know about all of the "ECONOMIC NATIONALISM" advantages they had that created a tremendous head start and unleveled playing field for them in this country.
Thank you! Now tell the people about how few Blacks were actually free, Lincoln's stance on equality for Blacks, The Republican Grand Betrayal Of 1877, the destruction and redistributed land of the Black Wall St. and Reagan's drugging poor Black Communities then creating a legal War On Drugs to fill prisons..
your speculating. if your referring to the first three years of the legislation than yes they couldnt but after that three year 1866 when it got ratified the 14th amendement. there were alot of blacks and indians that got the benefits of homestead act
@eric blood They didnt found anything they killed, raped and conquered it seems to me you dont know American history. There were thounsands of blacks who fought for the regular army and militia in the revolutionary war and thousands more who fought in the civil war.
So surprising a professor of History in America would position themself in proximity to direct symbolism that speaks directly to derragatory imagery that tells a story without really saying a word. I know, you’re not a racist. I’m looking into it with a jaded bias. Well it was a dark history in America’s past where story were instilled into the minds of the public. Stereotypes were reinforced through imagery, aimed at one race of people. I know you’ll probably use the defense, ya didn’t know that caricature was there. Right. Forward forever Backward Never. People look critically at people like this. Dismiss him.
Tell the truth 😈 oh! I forgot, Our God made you that way and that is to be wicked; Ecclesiastes 7:13 Consider the works of God for who can make that straight which he hath made crooked?
if this was true....Black people would heavily populate states like Wyoming, Idaho, Dakotas, etc...Another his- story explanation. Tell the exclusionary truth.
In 1860, freed Black Americans counted for 1.5% of the population at 476,000. Black Americans who were still enslaved was 12.7% of the population at 3.9 million. www.bowdoin.edu/~prael/lesson/tables.htm
You failed to mention that everyone was able to obtain land through the Homestead act including women and African Americans, not including obviously natives. Just seems like you really emphasized the “anyone” thing when in reality the people who previously occupied the land were confined to reserves, meanwhile becoming the victims of cultural genocide, among other things, like actual genocide.
This may not seem germain or important, but what about the previous land owners? Since the European discovery, colonization, and expansion of America from sea to shining sea, let's not over romanticize anything. The native Americans, some 50 MILLION people (estimate vary up to 100 million), magically disappeared while the west was won. Self deportation perhaps? Maybe assimilation? Massive genocide is the actual answer. Now the native population is around 10 million. However since we celebrate Thanksgiving and name a few of our sports teams after native American culture (with varying degrees of respect to downright racism), all is forgiven. It's cool right? History is a subjective story of dominant cultural fictions. History isn't by any stretch of the imagination an objective and unbiased accounting of events given weight to contextual relevance. Imagine learning math where only even number answers were produced, and all equations producing odd numbered answers were ignored.
Start by simply understanding the definition of genocide. Those who throw the term around wo understanding it’s meaning are as dangerous as those who contemplate it’s use.
Free Blacks, "Slave", you mean the "Moors" RIGHT, How smart are you really, and Home stead Act is nothing More than the "Government" granting people surfdem over the land, The Moors are Back I told you this already, ISLAM, Peace, And Love!!!
FREE LAND... was given to everyone that came here, except for slaves. They taught them how to farm the land.. to do that, they made treaties with the “natives”.. that they later broke and therefore taking the land. After 5 years you have a family asset, and a way to build generational wealth. This wasn’t given to free slaves (how would they get there or even know about it). (They knew how to farm, because that’s what they did... they were not offered any land).. just FYI
I still failed my exam
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awesome video! you make learning so much fun! I am subscribed! thank you!
I have a thought. Could going West to take advantage of the Homestead Act be looked upon as a way to avoid being drafted into the Army during the Civil War? Like moving to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War. What effect would homesteading have on your draft status?
Thanks for the video, great information.
Any chance of covering the Telecommunications Act of '96 and how that has effected today's technology? I think it was '96.
Homestead Act of 1862 didn't become available and explicitly include blacks until it was amended in 1866. So, this land of the free was nearly entirely available for only whites for over 4 years before blacks could touch it. Also, whose land was it to give away? I could've sworn that there were Native Americans here...but I could be wrong.
But it still was not available for slaves because they couldn't afford it even if they somehow became free. Free slaves were not wealthy they were just free. No one could own this land but whites. And Native Indians were discluded because they were in war with the Americans as you well pointed out.
It was entirely only available for whites who settled here with money.
WilliamBernard BROWN - lots of black homesteaders. Go read a book.
@Mplay1983 Exoduster in KS.
Total fabrication , not everyone could benefit .no blacks ?no southerners? WTF ?
umm don't refer to Black people as "Blacks". It's extremely disrespectful and racist.
What happened to the indigenous folks who was living on those lands once the Act was passed...
You really don't know the answer to that question? Stop it. They were slaughtered, riddled with disease and alcohol, and moved to reservations.
Unfortunately history is extremely one sided. Columbus sold natives as slaves (illegally, not that that technicality matters) to fund his voyages. Cornwallis is also the one who started putting bounties on native scalps, making scalping a thing. Neither of those names should be talked about without mentioning the horrific things they did.
@@rogerwilliams4742 🤣😂🤣😂 I see you also failed history class.
They were victim's of manifest destinty.
not what i was looking but i learned something
Did the act protect against economic depressions? Was the land free of taxation? Thanks for sharing!
@Pmcjay good point
Good teaching thinking
Can you still use this act today
can that act be put in to practice today with modern society?
Clos Ceballoss Ya, what he asked? Also would native americans be "human" enough this time around to get more than a burned teepee and troopers colt in the face?
Sir how bout me if to us may i have it
Please don't be offensive to people on purpose. Thank you for your help on learning.
Helped me so much with my presentation for school ☺ Thank you so much 😀
Many, many confederate vets applied for and rec homestead patents.
i’m taking my quiz rn online and i haven’t studied at all 👁👄👁
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yup
yep XD
you cant do it x4
I kinda felt weirded out when watching it
lol
.... why?
That’s not fair! Where’s my free land?!!
He obviously likes it
Didn't I see this guy on a movie?
Were the thousands of natives that already lived there allowed to get free land???
I like how you make fun of Southern Americans, real classy and professional. The 160 acres was given on the agreement that you would work and farm the land. Who do you think the farmers where? I don't know possibly Southern Americans who worked farms, but had no land of their own. I am sure Northern Americans went west too, but Northern USA was the home of industry, so I would say not as many went. The majority of people who went ended up going back home, going back to the city, or dying. They had to have some "living off the land" experience to make it. I wonder who had more of that? A factory worker in Ohio or a farm boy from Alabama? I just think it is disrespectful to make fun and stereotype Southern Americans when they helped build this great nation we are today. Why do you think the government even came up with The Homestead Act? They owned all this land they had bought, but nobody was venturing out that far west. They needed us to populate the entire nation and also needed the food to support the nation.
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He forgot about the 18 processing fee. What slave had money. Bogus tell the truth if you gone tell a story about his-story.
This is the reason why whites were told never to talk about politics in the work place. The reason why is because they don't want us to know about all of the "ECONOMIC NATIONALISM" advantages they had that created a tremendous head start and unleveled playing field for them in this country.
WilliamBernard BROWN stop complaining about the past days of a 150 years or more ago. Do something about today. Yes there were terrible policies in the past that were unfair but times have changed and honestly things are much more “unfair” for the white man today than any other minority group due to social justice warriors
@@DaddySki87, there is nothing that I can personally do to close a 120 trillion dollar wealth gap. Insinuating that I can is completely asinine
@@DaddySki87 exactly!!! Who cares if your ancestors were beaten, raped, mutilated, lynched, burned, economically assassinated for almost 300 yrs. No biggie! Cuz everybody knows past events have NO connection to the present😒
@@williambernardbrown he pulled the pull yourself up by your bootstraps fuck that cut that mf check. I will tell all black kids about reparations
drew carrey?
+Luis Breuer drew Carey jr.
Republican party was already a party of economics and individual ownership. Yes it was. But it was also a party for democracy.
Thanks for the vo-cab "economic nationalism." New one on me. But that's kinda what they do mostly now isn't it? With the Federal Reserve, trade barriers and all?
Nother Question? To give it away, how is it that the land was the government's in the first place? If there's no clear title, by giving most of it away, that which remains, kind of becomes there's by default. Pretty clever. I wonder if a non-government can do that trick? (I'm thinking software space.) I'll try it in my next novel.
Arguably it was the Native American land but in our view, the Louisiana Purchase made it "ours", which is expressed though the Federal Government. But point taken for sure.
Keith Hughes First of all I'm a FAN, but please do some research on Native American's especially the Treaty of 1851 and 1868, also the Black Hills Act of 1877. Stuff you don't learn in the history books played a big part in this.
First off, I agree with Keith, it belonged to the Native Americans, however, alot, well basically all(from my understanding) was occupied by other countries, such as France and Spain. The U.S. "gubbamint" had purchased the land from those countries. They had paid for the expeditions that mapped it, etc. In effect it was basically owned by the Feds. Not saying it's right, just sayin'. Native Americans got so hosed in pretty much every aspect. I'm half Native and Half Euro. My ancestors on both sides were here before this country was a country. I'm actually studying this period in time for my college history class. To involve myself further my in-laws and their cousins actually did gain land through the Homestaed Act and settled Summit Point, Utah, The original homestead house still stands and it was the original Post Office and general store.
So what about the Slaves that weren’t Free?
ah yes, his-story lessons.....
What is with the statue to your left. Creepy.
😱😱😧 omg An invisible one!
They gave all that land to the same type of people. And y’all benefit off that shitt today
Sup patton oswalt
You told half the story
Surely it's yeoman, no? (yoo man)
Well, it's pronounced "yomun".
Why the hate for Southerners after 160 years, dude?
What are you talking about?
It's free real estate
John Tyler implemented something somewhat similar to this about 20 years prior, but of course, the Homestead Act was more effective and finally allowed black men to participate! 👍
PRETTY COOL BUT YOUR NOT BEING ALL THE WAY HONEST , THAT DIDN'T APPLY TO BLACKS .
This is the reason why whites were told never to talk about politics in the work place. The reason why is because they don't want us to know about all of the "ECONOMIC NATIONALISM" advantages they had that created a tremendous head start and unleveled playing field for them in this country.
Thank you! Now tell the people about how few Blacks were actually free, Lincoln's stance on equality for Blacks, The Republican Grand Betrayal Of 1877, the destruction and redistributed land of the Black Wall St. and Reagan's drugging poor Black Communities then creating a legal War On Drugs to fill prisons..
your speculating. if your referring to the first three years of the legislation than yes they couldnt but after that three year 1866 when it got ratified the 14th amendement. there were alot of blacks and indians that got the benefits of homestead act
@eric blood You are lying to your self it was only for whites.....No blacks benifited from this.
@eric blood They didnt found anything they killed, raped and conquered it seems to me you dont know American history. There were thounsands of blacks who fought for the regular army and militia in the revolutionary war and thousands more who fought in the civil war.
I love when they come up with real official sounding & titles or names for raping, theft, & murder...😒
So surprising a professor of History in America would position themself in proximity to direct symbolism that speaks directly to derragatory imagery that tells a story without really saying a word. I know, you’re not a racist. I’m looking into it with a jaded bias. Well it was a dark history in America’s past where story were instilled into the minds of the public. Stereotypes were reinforced through imagery, aimed at one race of people. I know you’ll probably use the defense, ya didn’t know that caricature was there. Right. Forward forever Backward Never. People look critically at people like this. Dismiss him.
The "EEmawn" farmer???? WTF? Less "hip", more correct info, please.
You really have to understand he said only free black people
?????????
Here, have someone else’s land.
Did they have title to it?
Like the mongols and Muslims did
Tell the truth 😈 oh! I forgot, Our God made you that way and that is to be wicked; Ecclesiastes 7:13 Consider the works of God for who can make that straight which he hath made crooked?
The EEMAN farmer???? Ffs.
if this was true....Black people would heavily populate states like Wyoming, Idaho, Dakotas, etc...Another his- story explanation. Tell the exclusionary truth.
They had their towns destroyed
Noticed how he stumbled with his words when he said women and black people being able to get the land...
"Freed blacks were able to get the land" lol in 1862?! 🤦🏾♂️
the north had been freeing them way before the emancipation proclamation
In 1860, freed Black Americans counted for 1.5% of the population at 476,000. Black Americans who were still enslaved was 12.7% of the population at 3.9 million. www.bowdoin.edu/~prael/lesson/tables.htm
Hmmm Free soil? Or STOLEN?? Unbelievable 😂 You left out ALOOOOT of Truth! Not really sure what anyone is learning here 🤔🙄l
You failed to mention that everyone was able to obtain land through the Homestead act including women and African Americans, not including obviously natives. Just seems like you really emphasized the “anyone” thing when in reality the people who previously occupied the land were confined to reserves, meanwhile becoming the victims of cultural genocide, among other things, like actual genocide.
u lier
This may not seem germain or important, but what about the previous land owners? Since the European discovery, colonization, and expansion of America from sea to shining sea, let's not over romanticize anything. The native Americans, some 50 MILLION people (estimate vary up to 100 million), magically disappeared while the west was won. Self deportation perhaps? Maybe assimilation? Massive genocide is the actual answer.
Now the native population is around 10 million. However since we celebrate Thanksgiving and name a few of our sports teams after native American culture (with varying degrees of respect to downright racism), all is forgiven. It's cool right?
History is a subjective story of dominant cultural fictions. History isn't by any stretch of the imagination an objective and unbiased accounting of events given weight to contextual relevance. Imagine learning math where only even number answers were produced, and all equations producing odd numbered answers were ignored.
Wasn’t “genocide.” And the indeginous didn’t have any concept of land ownership. Go read a book.
@@JB-uv4hm in what way was it NOT genocide?
Start by simply understanding the definition of genocide. Those who throw the term around wo understanding it’s meaning are as dangerous as those who contemplate it’s use.
@@JB-uv4hm most historians who study early American history agree it was a genocide
@@fishyjoes4615 no most historians do not call it genocide. I know because I am one.
Lies
Free Blacks, "Slave", you mean the "Moors" RIGHT, How smart are you really, and Home stead Act is nothing More than the "Government" granting people surfdem over the land, The Moors are Back I told you this already, ISLAM, Peace, And Love!!!
01:18 *democrats
Biased video
Has to be the most annoying presenter ever.