Removal
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Laws, Acts, Legislation
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Georgia, Oklahoma
Article abstract: Removal of the eastern Indian tribes marked the culmination of two centuries of dispossession of American Indians east of the Mississippi River
First suggested by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803, Indian removal, or the exchange of land by tribes east of the Mississippi for western lands, was originally intended by some as a means of protecting Indians from corruption and demoralization resulting from white encroachment. Among its proponents were several prominent humanitarians seeking to protect Indian culture. Removal was made policy,...
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