United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181908The burning of the Yazoo Act, which resulted in the Yazoo land fraud of 1795, took place on the grounds of the capitol building in Louisville. Louisville served as the state capital from 1796 until 1806, when the legislature moved to Milledgeville.Image of a drawing depicting James Jackson, a U.S. senator from Georgia, destroying records connected with the Yazoo land fraud in 1796, after the passage of the Yazoo Rescinding Act. Jackson drops several documents into a small fire. He is surrounded by a group of men observing the records' destruction.Josiah Tattnall Sr., a state representative, helped Jackson secure the votes necessary in the legislature to pass the act. The Yazoo land fraud was one of the most significant events in the post-Revolutionary history of Georgia. The bizarre climax to a decade of frenzied speculation in the state's public lands, the Yazoo sale of 1795 did much to shape Georgia politics and to strain relations with the federal government for a generation.Reproduced from: Evans, Lawton B. A History of Georgia for Use in Schools. New York: American Book Co., 1908.image/jpegNew York: American Book Co.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/land-lottery-systemhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/georgias-historic-capitalsForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/land-lottery-systemhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/georgias-historic-capitalsForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaLegislators--GeorgiaFires--GeorgiaMen--GeorgiaPoliticians--GeorgiaLegal documents--GeorgiaLegal documents--Destruction and reconstruction--GeorgiaFraud--GeorgiaJackson, James, 1757-1806Yazoo Fraud, 1795Yazoo Act BurningStillImage