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Military auction of condemned property, Beaufort, South
Carolina, 1865.
(The Huntington Library)
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Image 19 of 21
In
June 1862, the federal government authorized the sale of abandoned lands
at public auction.
Although some former slaves pooled their resources to acquire land, Northern
investors purchased most of the property.
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