[durasell]

What about the Civil War? Plantations broken up during reconstruction? Not familiar with that...

[Bar-Face]

I am very familiar with plantations being broken up and land and property distributed to unionist, known in the South as "Carpetbaggers". However do not forget after any war and especially after a civil war, TO THE WINNER GOES THE SPOILS. In spring and summer of 1865 there were questions as to the citizenship of the rebellious states. Were they citizens of the Unites States? Were they citizens of the the Confederate States? Most thought they were citizens of the Confederate States of America, therefor they had absolutely NO American Constitutional rights. So......................

As an aside, Take a trip to Shiloh Battlefield park and walk through the National Cemetery there. Very impressive! But Surprise! There are NO confederate graves there. Confederate dead were buried in a mass grave.
Winners get a National Cemetery
Losers get a mass grave.
that's how it was in the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. Today we are supposed to feel sorry for the losers.