Question

What scandal took place when Georgia's governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to land companies for very little money?

Answer 1

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azoo land fraud, in U.S. history, scheme by which Georgia legislators were bribed in 1795 to sell most of the land now making up the state of Mississippi (then a part of Georgia's western claims) to four land companies for the sum of $500,000, far below its potential market value.