Illinois HR 726: CONGRATS - BLACK MARY

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HR0726LRB104 21123 ECR 35391 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, Farming as a family-owned and independent 

3business has been an important part of the social and economic 

4development of Illinois and the United States; and

5 WHEREAS, Black farmers in America have had a long struggle 

6to own land and operate independently; for more than a century 

7after emancipation and the ratification of the 13th Amendment 

8that abolished slavery, various economic and social barriers 

9were discriminatorily applied toward Black farmers, and the 

10few existing civil rights laws were rarely enforced; and

11 WHEREAS, Many foundational agricultural techniques used in 

12the United States today were developed or refined through the 

13knowledge and labor of enslaved Africans, who brought with 

14them sophisticated farming traditions from West and Central 

15Africa, including expertise in rice cultivation, crop 

16rotation, seed selection, irrigation, and soil stewardship 

17that helped shape American agricultural systems; and

18 WHEREAS, Pembroke Township in Kankakee County, founded by 

19self-emancipated formerly enslaved people, developed into one 

20of the largest historic Black rural farming communities in the 

21Northern United States, where generations of Black farmers 

22pursued land ownership and agricultural independence and 

HR0726- 2 -LRB104 21123 ECR 35391 r

1established a lasting legacy of agricultural stewardship in 

2Illinois; and

3 WHEREAS, In 1920, there were approximately 892 Black 

4farmers in Illinois, and African Americans owned approximately 

514% of the nation's farmland; and

6 WHEREAS, Despite Illinois having nearly 27 million acres 

7of farmland, Black farmers today operate less than 1% of that 

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