United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.377941823/1862After graduation from the University of Georgia, Thomas R. R. Cobb practiced law and wrote several significant legal works, including a defense of slavery called An Inquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America (1858). Cobb and his brother Howell campaigned around Georgia for secession following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.Photograph of Thomas R. R. Cobb. He wears a suit and bow tie. After graduation from the University of Georgia, Cobb practiced law and wrote several significant legal works, including a defense of slavery called An Inquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America (1858). Cobb and his brother Howell campaigned around Georgia for secession following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.image/jpegGeorgia Photo File, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GAhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/thomas-r-r-cobb-1823-1862Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/thomas-r-r-cobb-1823-1862Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaGeorgia Photo FileLawyers--Georgia--AthensScholars--Georgia--AthensGenerals--Georgia--AthensConfederate States of America. Army--OfficersMilitary uniformsMen--Georgia--AthensAuthors, American--Georgia--AthensCobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862Thomas R. R. CobbStillImage