The Compact of 1802, formally ''Articles of Agreement and Cession'', was a compact between the
United States
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and the state of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
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entered into on April 24, 1802. In it, the United States paid Georgia 1.25 million
U.S. dollars for its central and western lands (the
Yazoo lands, now
Alabama
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and
Mississippi
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, respectively), and promised that the
U.S. government would extinguish
American Indian land titles in Georgia.
This was the last of the post-colonial
land cessions by the original states.
References
Sources
The Promised Land:The Cherokees, Arkansas, and Removal, 1794-1839 By Charles Russell Logan
1802 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Legal history of Georgia (U.S. state)
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