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Land Partition Case Shows Whites Buy Black Estates for Profit
A South Carolina real estate trader led a multi‑estate partition scheme that extracted land from 14 black families across the South. Audrey Moffitt bought small shares from elderly heirs, then auctioned and resold the properties for substantial gains while court battles over the signatures continued. Her total outlay reached about 161 thousand as profits topped 1.7 million amid appeals that labeled some actions unconscionable.
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South Carolina
Audrey Moffitt
Jasper County
S.C
Beckett
Frances Beckett
Moffitt
Edward Stewart
Flemon Woods
Court of Common Pleas
Varnville
D.C