Robert Toombs

Why Is Robert Toombs Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Robert Augustus Toombs was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toombs embarked on a political career marked by effective oratory, although he also acquired a reputation for hard living, disheveled appearance, and irascibility. He was identified with Alexander H. Stephens's libertarian wing of secessionist opinion, and in contradistinction to the nationalist Jefferson Davis, Toombs believed a Civil War to be neither inevitable or winnable by the South.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Robert Toombs?

Robert Toombs is affiliated with the following schools:

• Union College, New York
• University of Georgia