Glossary
adverse possession
the legal principle that long, open, and continuous use of land could establish ownership.
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History of Appalachia
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Case Study 12.2: Black Land Ownership and Dispossession in the Mountains
Related Terms
"Affrilachian"
"American paradox"
"Any and all methods and means"
"brain drain"
"briar"
"check-off"
"chiefing"
"culture of poverty" framing