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40 Acres and a Lie

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Alexia Fernández Campbell, April Simpson and Pratheek Rebala June 18, 2024June 18, 2024

This project is a collaboration between the Center for Public Integrity, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. Read more here. Pompey Jackson was born in the heart of Georgia’s rice empire—the human property of one of the state’s wealthiest and most powerful families. He and his sisters were among hundreds enslaved […]

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