Property Law CUNY Fall 2022

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Heirs Property Story by ProPublica

Their Family Bought Land One Generation After Slavery. The Reels Brothers Spent Eight Years in Jail for Refusing to Leave It.

Rebecca Bratspies

For copyright reasons I cannot directly embed this powerful story of the possible consequences of partition by sale here.  However, the link is below and you should read it!  

Heirs property, and the potentials for dispossession that it creates, are an important racial justice question. 

Heirs Property Story by ProPublica

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