CHEROKEE REMOVAL : A BRIEF HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS

PERDUE, THEDA (Author). GREEN, MICHAEL D. (Added Author).

Summary: This documentary history provides a brief yet comprehensive treatment of the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians in 1838 from their lands in the southeastern United States to what later became Oklahoma. Drawn from diverse sources - Cherokee writings, government documents, speeches, and newspaper articles - the selections present a variety of perspectives on this tragic episode in American history. An introductory essay provides background information on racial attitudes, economic issues, and expansionism in early nineteenth-century America. Also included in the volume are detailed headnotes, photographs and maps, a chronology, and an index.

Record details

ISBN: 0-312-08658-X
Physical Description: xiii, 185 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
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Publisher: BOSTON, MA : BEDFORD BOOKS OF ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 1995.

Content descriptions

General Note:	VINE DELORIA COLLECTION
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: The Cherokees and U.S. Indian policy -- Cherokee "civilization". Becoming "civilized" -- A Cherokee view of "civilization" -- Christian missions -- Quantifying Cherokee "civilization" -- Georgia policy. The Georgia laws -- Georgia and the Supreme court -- Dispossessing the Cherokees -- White intruders -- United States policy. In defense of the Cherokees: the "William Penn" essays -- Lewis Cass justifies removal -- Congress acts -- Andrew Jackson applauds the Removal Act -- The Cherokee debate. Women and removal -- Elias Boudinot's editorials in the Cherokee Phoenix -- The Treaty of New Echota -- The opposition continues -- The treaty party's defense -- The trail of tears. Enrollment -- Forced removal -- Removal through a child's eyes -- Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation -- Appendix. Chronology of the Cherokee removal.