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Ravage BlindRobert Toombs Robert Toombs American lawyer (1810–1885) Not to be confused with Robert Tombs. Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) 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 contradiction to the nationalist Jefferson Davis, Toombs believed a civil war to be neither inevitable nor winnable by the South. Quick facts 1st Confederate States Secretary of State, President ... Robert Toombs… (Source: Wikipedia)
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