At last we reached Toronto, which was where they said the free land could be obtained.
Within the walls, however, was still a fair deal of free land which could have been used for expansion.
Each family would receive free land based on the number of people that it brought over, including slaves.
"My administration is dedicated to the preservation of America as a free land," he said in 1983.
In the 1860s, many people moved there to take free land from the government.
They have memories of when the government gave out land free, but find that is long past.
There was free land, all right, a whole planet of it.
There was a law at the time which gave free land to the children of clergy.
Like most everybody, we had come out there on the promise of free land and a chance to raise our own food.
As was normal, the interested parties had to make the land available free of charge.