Politics, Laws & Treaties
| Political history, legislation, legal struggles, treaties, civic movements, and governmental policies affecting Soulaan communities. |
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Laws & Legal History
Racial Integrity Act of 1924
Virginia’s law defining race, how it was enforced, and how Loving v. Virginia ended it.
Homestead Act of 1862
The law that offered 160 acres of public land to settlers, and who could and could not claim it.
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Treaties, Agreements & Government Policy
Indian Removal Act of 1830
The law that began the forced relocation of Native nations from east of the Mississippi River.
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The federal agency created in 1865 to help formerly enslaved people, and the records it left behind.
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Civic & Legal Movements
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