The Case of Fletcher v. Peck
by
Charles F. Hobson
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
In 1795, the Georgia legislature sold the state’s western lands (present-day Alabama and Mississippi) to four private land companies. A year later, amid revelations of bribery, a newly elected legislature revoked the sale. This book tells the story of how the great Yazoo lands sale gave rise to...