Skidaway Island, Georgia, now hosts a high‑value residential community; the land was originally part of a 40‑acre tract granted to freedmen in 1865, later reclaimed by the federal government and returned to former slaveholders, and recent research shows dozens of freed individuals lost title to parcels now valued at millions. In 1865, the federal government allocated 40 acres on the island to freedmen, who established farms, created local governance, and cultivated former cotton plantations, producing a rare Black agricultural community during Reconstruction. A two‑and‑a‑half‑year investigation by the Center for Public Integrity uncovered records indicating that dozens of freed people held titles to land now included in The Landings development, valued at approximately $20 million per acre. Linda Brown, a Black resident of The Landings, said the loss of those titles “you could feel chills to know that they had it and then they just pulled the rug from under them.” The investigation also examined a descendant’s title for a plot now part of the residential community and noted that such Reconstruction‑era documents are part of ongoing reparations discussions. The original podcast episode aired in June 2024; this update expands on those findings. The findings highlight the persistence of historic land claims in contemporary property disputes and underscore the relevance of Reconstruction‑era titles to current reparations debates.