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December 15, 1885 - Robert Toombs, American lawyer and 1st Confederate States Secretary of State, dies at 75 at Washingto, GA.
Robert Toombs (1810-1885)
Robert Toombs, one of the most ardent secessionists in the U.S. Senate, helped to lead Georgia out of the Union on the eve of the Civil War (1861-65). This was surprising; although Toombs was a slaveh
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