THE DISPOSSESSED.

AFRICAN American social conditions; ECONOMIC conditions of African Americans; SOCIAL conditions in the Southern States, 1865-1945; PROPERTY rights; LAND tenure; RACE relations

The article explores black persons in the U.S. and their experience with property laws and rights since Reconstruction. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the lack of wills is the leading cause of Black involuntary land loss. Other topics include Heirs' property, the racial wealth gap in the U.S. and how most black men were lynched between 1890 and 1920 because whites wanted their land. Rising property taxes and their impact are also noted.