Redistributing land refers to the process of taking land from its current owners and giving it to different individuals or groups. In the context of Reconstruction, it specifically refers to the idea of taking land from former plantation owners and allocating it to freed slaves.
Related terms
40 Acres and a Mule: This term refers to the promise made during Reconstruction that each freed slave would receive 40 acres of land and a mule as compensation for their years of enslavement.
Sherman's Special Field Orders, No. 15: These were military orders issued by General William T. Sherman during the Civil War, which set aside coastal lands in Georgia and South Carolina for redistribution to freed slaves.
Sharecropping: Sharecropping was an agricultural system prevalent after Reconstruction where freed slaves (and poor whites) worked on plantations owned by others in exchange for a share of crops produced.