The Trail of Tears: Removal in the South

by Bowes, John P.; Rosier, Paul C.

• ISBN13: 9780791093450
• ISBN10: 079109345X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-30
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

When the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson proposed that eastern Indian tribes could be moved west to this new expanse of land. Jefferson's recommendation was in direct response to the demand by white settlers for more land, especially in the southeastern portion of the United States. As a result, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which set in motion the relocation of thousands of eastern Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River. Among the primary tribes targeted for this large-scale removal was the Cherokee.

Author Biography

John P. Bowes is assistant professor of history at Eastern Kentucky University

Table of Contents

The Context of Indian Removal North and South	p. 7
The Cherokees and Georgia	p. 20
Cherokees and the Supreme Court	p. 37
The Treaty of New Echota and the Aftermath	p. 52
On the Trail of Tears	p. 68
The Price of Cherokee Reunion in Indian Territory	p. 83
Removal and Memory	p. 97
Chronology and Timeline	p. 110
Notes	p. 115
Bibliography	p. 117
Further Reading	p. 119
Index	p. 122
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Excerpts

In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized President Andrew Jackson to move eastern Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory. Often solely associated with the Cherokees, the Trail of Tears more accurately describes the forced removal of the Five Civilized Tribes, which, in addition to the Cherokee, includes the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. This book is an insightful and honest exploration of this dark chapter in Native American history.