- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Yazoo land fraud
- Creator:
- Lamplugh, George R., 1944-
- Publisher:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Date of Original:
- 2002-09-12
- Subject:
- Fraud--Georgia
Public lands--Georgia
Yazoo Fraud, 1795 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Yazoo land fraud. 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 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.
GSE identifier: SS8H4 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/yazoo-land-fraud/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Yazoo Land Fraud," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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