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Event:  First African American Receives Land Grant
Brief Description:  A mullatto woman named Esther received a Spanish land grant, becoming the first African American to own land on Laclede´s Landing.
Year:  1793
Decade:  1790 - 1799
Beginning Date:    1793

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