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  2. State cessions - Wikipedia

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    State Notes Delaware: No land claim farther west. Its western border forms part of the Mason–Dixon line. Maryland: No land claim farther west, but ceded land to the federal government that became part of the District of Columbia (and is now the entirety of it). Maryland's northern border forms part of the Mason–Dixon line.

  3. Southern Homestead Act of 1866 - Wikipedia

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    The Southern Homestead Act opened up 46,398,544.87 acres (about 46 million acres or 190,000 km 2) of public land for sale in the Southern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The land was initially in parcels of 80-acre (0.32 km 2) (half-quarter section) until June 1868, and thereafter parcels of 160-acre (0.65 km 2 ...

  4. State Farm - Wikipedia

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    In early 2009, the State Farm Florida subsidiary, the state's largest insurer, offered to withdraw from writing property insurance business in Florida after state regulators refused to approve a 47% property rate increase. State Farm said that, in Florida, it had paid out US$1.21 in claims for every dollar in premiums since 2000.

  5. State Farm accused of funneling excess profits to parent as ...

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    We are prepared to do that," said Sevag Sarkissian, a spokesperson for the State Farm insurance group. State Farm General bought a total of $2.2 billion worth of homeowners reinsurance from ...

  6. Black land loss in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Black land loss in the United States refers to the loss of land ownership and rights by Black people residing or farming in the United States. In 1862, the United States government passed the Homestead Act. This Act gave certain Americans seeking farmland the right to apply for ownership of government land or the public domain.

  7. Land claim - Wikipedia

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    A mining claim is the claim of the right to extract minerals from a tract of public land. In the United States, the practice began with the California gold rush of 1849. In the absence of organized government, the miners in each new mining camp made up their own rules, and to a large extent adopted Mexican mining law.