1829 onward
DispossessionBook sources
Georgia gold rush intensifies pressure on Cherokee land
Georgia; Cherokee Nation
Gold seekers invaded Cherokee territory, increasing violence, destruction, and demands for removal. State encroachment and federal policy subsequently reinforced each other.
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Context / qualification
Book-derived chronology.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 6