The Trail of Tears: How America Betrayed the Five Civilized Tribes

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In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, giving President Andrew Jackson the power to uproot Native American tribes from their ancestral lands. Despite winning in the Supreme Court, the Cherokee and the other Five Civilized Tribes were forced to march west at gunpoint. Thousands died along the way. This is the story of the Trail of Tears — a betrayal that built the Deep South on stolen lives.

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