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Homestead Act

By: Samantha Williams & Bret Carroll
In: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong
Subject:American Studies, Family Studies (general)
Keywords:African Americans; children; farming; homesteads; labor; land; marriage

The Homestead Act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, was an effort to affordably distribute public lands and encourage western migration and settlement. The act stipulated that current or future American citizens who were heads of household or ...

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  Williams, S., & Carroll, B. (2014). Homestead act. In M. J. Coleman, & L. H. Ganong (Eds.), The social history of the American family: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 693-695). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n291
  
  Williams, Samantha, and Bret Carroll. "Homestead Act." In The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, edited by Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong, 693-95. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n291.
  
  Williams, S. and Carroll, B. 2014. Homestead Act. In: Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong Editors, 2014. The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 693-695 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n291> [Accessed 17 Apr 2021].
  
  Williams, Samantha and Bret Carroll. "Homestead Act." The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 693-95. SAGE Knowledge. 17 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n291.
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