[rjsimmon]

40 acres would be 1/4 mile by 1/4 mile.

I thought 40 acres was a mule? Or am I quoting the wrong thing???

[TheRightGuy]

I thought 40 acres was a mule? Or am I quoting the wrong thing???

"FORTY ACRES AND A MULE," a phrase echoed throughout the South in the aftermath of the Civil War, asserting the right of newly freed African Americans to redistributed lands—particularly those plantations confiscated by U.S. troops during the war—as compensation for unpaid labor during slavery.