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Josiah Quincy: “Georgia, sir, Georgia, by trampling upon the faith of our national treaties with the Indian tribes, and by subjecting…”

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Georgia, sir, Georgia, by trampling upon the faith of our national treaties with the Indian tribes, and by subjecting them to her state laws, first set the example of that policy which is now in the process of consummation by this Indian war.
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Josiah Quincy
Federalist · Massachusetts

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Quincy holds Georgia accountable for violating treaties with Native American tribes, leading to ongoing conflict.

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