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Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land.
The Homestead Act also gave former slaves a chance to own their own land, house, and farm. A free slave can have free land. However, a slave would continue to work for his master. However, the land was given to farmers at a very low cost, homesteading took land that had been cleared of Native Americans.he Homestead Act was a way for the pioneers to get land. The government said that any U.S. citizen who did not fight against the government could file an application to receive land.