Complex sentence: The Pine Barrens Speculation is often conflated with the Yazoo land scandal, which occurred at about the same time and also involved corrupt land deals by Georgia officials, involving land in that state and in present-day Mississippi.
Split into simpler sentences: The Pine Barrens Speculation is often conflated with the Yazoo land scandal, which occurred at about the same time and also involved corrupt land deals by Georgia officials. The Yazoo land scandal dealt with land in that state and in present-day Mississippi.