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The Yazoo land fraud was one of the most significant events in the post-Revolutionary War (1775-83) history of Georgia. The bizarre climax to a decade of ...
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Yazoo land scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Yazoo Land Fraud is a frequently misunderstood episode of North Georgia history ... Land in Georgia ; The Pine Barrens Speculation and Yazoo Land Fraud...
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Matthew McAllister and The Yazoo Land Fraud ... The June 1995 issue of our Mac-Alasdair Clan journal includes an article by Thomas Gamble, written for the Savannah Morning News issue of October 5, 1930. On pages 22 and 23, he writes about Matthew McAllister's (A04-2-5) involvement in the Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795.
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"..it would be right and proper to sell a part of the western territory of this State during the present session." With these words began the Yazoo Land Fraud...
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Yazoo Fraud - Definition of Yazoo Fraud at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Yazoo Fraud. Look it up now! ... Yazoo land fraud...
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Research Yazoo Land Fraud and other related topics by using the free encyclopedia at the Questia.com online library. ... Questia Books and Articles on: Yazoo Land Fraud...
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About the same time the states ratified the 11th Amendment, a U. S. Supreme Court Justice named James Wilson helped pull off the Yazoo Land Fraud. In 1795, the Georgia Legislature sold thirty-five million acres of state-owned land to four companies that had been formed by out-of-state hustlers.
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Yazoo Companies from the region granted ; -- commonly so called, the act being known as the ... Yazoo Frauds Act, because of alleged corruption of the legislature, every member but one being a shareholder in one or more of the companies.
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In 1795 one of Georgia's worst political scandals took place - the Yazoo Land Fraud. At that time, Georgia's legal boundary extended west to the Mississippi River. Many state leaders wanted to open this area to settlement, but Creeks, Cherokees, and other Native Americans lived there.
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