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The Trail of Tears and Indian removal

In 1838, President Andrew Jackson's administration forcibly relocated Cherokees from their homelands in Georgia to the Western territories. This book explores the events surrounding this removal, including the conflict between Cherokee culture's preservation and the call to assimilate, and the negotiation of legislation and land treaties.
Print Book, English, 2006
Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 2006
164 pages ; 25 cm.
9780313336584, 031333658X
1037254901
Overview : The Trail of Tears as turning point
The Cherokee Nation and the literacy revolution
The Jacksonian revolution, the U.S. Supreme Court, and popular opinion
Political parties and the Treaty of New Echota
The Trail of Tears
Aftermath