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Yazoo Land Fraud Essay

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The document Yazoo Land Fraud is by Georgia R. Lamplugh. It was created in Atlanta on September 12, 2002. The Yazoo-Fraud displayed Georgia as a poor colony trying to get a claim. The Yazoo-Fraud was to transfer 35 million acres for 500,000 for four companies. According to Bartley, Yazoo fraud also contributed to sealing the fate of Georgia population. The Yazoo-Fraud help shape Georgia politics and also strain relations with federal government. The document was created to explain how Georgia was created. This fraud happen after the Revolutionary War. Yazoo fraud removal most of Indian from the state of Georgia. Which created the Cherokee “Trail of Tears” in 1838 to Oklahoma. The Georgians agree to remove the remaining of the Indians.

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