Forty Acres

Forty Acres

Forty Acres may be:

*40 acres and a mule, a term for compensation that was supposedly to be awarded to freed slaves after the American Civil War
*RKO Forty Acres, a former backlot
*Forty Acres is the nickname of the original "College Hill" located within the Campus of The University of Texas at Austin


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  • RKO Forty Acres — Forty Acres was a film studio backlot that belonged to RKO Pictures and Desilu Productions, located in Culver City, California. Best known as Forty Acres, or the back forty [ Back 40 is a term used colloquially in America to describe a parcel of… …   Wikipedia

  • forty — In land laws and conveyancing, in those regions where grants, transfers, and deeds are made with reference to the subdivisions of the government survey, this term means forty acres of land in the form of a square, being the tract obtained by… …   Black's law dictionary

  • forty — In land laws and conveyancing, in those regions where grants, transfers, and deeds are made with reference to the subdivisions of the government survey, this term means forty acres of land in the form of a square, being the tract obtained by… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Hell’s Forty Acres — San Carlos, Arizona …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • 40 acres and a mule — is a term for compensation that was promised to be awarded to freed African American slaves after the Civil War 40 acres (16 ha) of land to farm, and a mule with which to drag a plow so the land could be cultivated.The award a land grant of a… …   Wikipedia

  • back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch. Also, back 40. [appar. because forty acres was a typical size for such a piece of land] * * * …   Universalium

  • back forty — noun Etymology: back (III) + forty (acres) : a remote and uncultivated or undeveloped piece of land of indefinite size (as on a farm) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fells Acres Day Care Center — was located in Malden, Massachusetts, in the United States and was part of the day care sex abuse hysteria of the 1980s. cite news |first=Dorothy |last=Rabinowitz |authorlink=Dorothy Rabinowitz |coauthors= |title=A Darkness in Massachusetts II… …   Wikipedia

  • The forty-five guards — were forty five guards recruited by the Duke of Épernon to provide Henri III of France with trusted protection in the midst of the War of the Three Henrys.The Forty five were noblemen of lesser nobility (many from Gascony) with little more than a …   Wikipedia

  • Ellen's Acres — Infobox television show name = Ellen s Acres caption = format = Animated series Comedy runtime = 12 minutes (each episode) approx. creator = Larry Schwarz executive producer = director = Stephen Moverley starring = Emily Corrao Marc Thompson… …   Wikipedia

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