The Logan's land had previously belonged to the Granger family until after the Civil War when they "had sold it during Reconstruction to a Yankee for tax money." The Granger family had repurchased most of the land, but Grandpa Logan had bought 200 acres in 1887. Granger primarily wanted the land because he believed it rightly belonged to his family (Reconstruction polices not being particularly poplular with the defeated Southerners), and he probably did not like the idea of Negroes owning it.
The Logans want to hang on to the land at all costs. Once, when Cassie asked Papa why the land was so important,
He took my hand and sid in his quiet way: "Look out there, Cassie girl. All that belongs to you. You ain't never had to live on nobody's place but your own, and as long as I live and the family survives, you'll never have to. That's important. You may not understand than now, but one day you will. Then you'll see."
The Logans may be mistreated in many ways, and they have to deal with racism and night riders, but their land is one thing that they will not allow to be taken from them. And as long as the mortgage and taxes are paid, it will remain Logan land.
Stacey went to the Wallace's store to find T.J., who had gotten Stacy in trouble for cheating earlier at school. T. J. saw that Mrs. Logan was going to catch him using a cheat sheet on a stest, so he slipped the notes onto Stacey's desk. Stacey refused to rat out his friend and took the heat himself. However, he went to the Wallace's to find T. J. and square things.
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