Yazoo land controversy resolution

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The Yazoo land controversy resolution was the early 19th-century settlement of a massive Georgia land fraud scandal, in which the federal government compensated claimants and helped define federal authority over state land claims.


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Presidency of Thomas Jefferson majorEvent Yazoo land controversy resolution