[Texas Federalist]

The slaves were promised their 40 acres and mule

Okay, so its settled. We get a mule and 40 acres for each black slave. The descendants get to split it.

[mhking]

We get a mule and 40 acres for each black slave. The descendants get to split it.

My wife and I have laughed over this very notion: there were more than 200 of us at my wife's family reunion this year - all descended from former slave Alexanderson Redding.

I can imagine all of those folk getting mad over a single mule....then getting even angrier over how to divvy up that mule...

[unspun]

Okay, so its settled. We get a mule and 40 acres for each black slave. The descendants get to split it.

That's an ideal, alright....