1838–1839
Forced removalBook sources
Cherokee Trail of Tears
Southeastern United States to Indian Territory
Federal roundup, detention, and forced migration uprooted Cherokee communities and caused extensive death and suffering. Removal transferred homelands to settlers despite organized Cherokee opposition.
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Context / qualification
The full death toll, including camps and migration, is uncertain; do not reduce the event to deaths along the road alone.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 6
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 6