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In 1792, one-half million acres of the Firelands were given to Connecticut property owners of New London, New Haven, East Haven, Greenwich, Danbury, Fairfield, Ridgefield, and Groton as recompense for land lost in British fire raids driven by anger over the citizens' aid to the Continental Army. It is the only land ever granted to civilian victims of war in American history.
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