United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Lamplugh, George R., 1944-2002-09-12Encyclopedia 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: SS8H4text/htmlengNew Georgia EncyclopediaForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Fraud--GeorgiaPublic lands--GeorgiaYazoo Fraud, 1795Yazoo land fraudText