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How a Black utopia for formerly enslaved people became a wealthy White enclave

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Skidaway Island, Georgia, is home today to a luxurious community that the mostly White residents consider paradise: waterfront views, live oaks and marsh grass alongside golf courses, swimming pools, and other amenities. In 1865, the island was a thriving Black community, started by freedmen who were given land by the government under the 40 acres program. They farmed, created a system of government, and turned former cotton plantations into a B…

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’40 Acres and a Mule’ briefly created a Black utopia. It became a wealthy white enclave.

“You could feel chills to know that they had it and then they just pulled the rug from under them, so to speak.”

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How a Black utopia for formerly enslaved people became a wealthy White enclave

Skidaway Island, Georgia, is home today to a luxurious community that the mostly White residents consider paradise: waterfront views, live oaks and marsh grass alongside golf courses, swimming pools, and other amenities. In 1865, the island was a thriving Black community, started by freedmen who were given land by the government under the 40 acres program. They farmed, created a system of government, and turned former cotton plantations into a B…

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Reveal broke the news in on Saturday, February 15, 2025.
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