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While the postbellum promise of "40 acres and a mule" is typically credited to Union General William Sherman, the idea itself was derived from the words and advocacy of Reverend Garrison Frazier, pastor of First Bryan Baptist Church in Savannah, Ga. #BlackReparationsHistory 
On January 12, 1865, Gen Sherman and Sec of War Edwin Stanton met with a group of twenty black ministers from Savannah discuss what they wanted for their newly freed people. The highly respected Rev. Frazier, aged 67 at the time, was chosen to speak on behalf of the group.
During the meeting, later known as the Savannah Colloquy, he was asked a series of questions. Frazier, who had purchased his & his wife's freedom for $1k in gold/silver only 8 years prior, responded with powerful and persuasive words, such as the following:
