In The Senate Of The United States In Pursuance Of The Act Of Congress Entitled An Act For An Amicable

by Yazoo Land Fraud

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A Senate slip-bill printing of language eventually included in the final act of the United States Congress governing the Yazoo land scandal. The first time in American History that a Federal Court had overridden a state law. In 1795, the Georgia legislature granted much of the land in the present state of Alabama to four land companies, which in turn sold shares to numerous investors all over the country; however, charges of bribery were raised and the grant was rescinded the

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