JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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We were to be taken away and leave our homes never to return.
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In every way we were abundantly blessed in our everyday life in the old country.
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The command for a removal came unexpectedly upon most of us.
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There was the time that we noticed that several overloaded wagons were passing our home, yet we did not grasp the meaning.
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Wagons stopped at our home and the men in charge commanded us to gather what few belongings could be crowded into the wagons.
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4, 000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the “Trail of Tears."
Detailed explanation-2: -Eager for land to raise cotton, the settlers pressured the federal government to acquire Indian territory. Andrew Jackson, from Tennessee, was a forceful proponent of Indian removal.
Detailed explanation-3: -They resisted the efforts of the Europeans to gain more of their land and control through both warfare and diplomacy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lumbee (Robeson and surrounding counties) Haliwa-Saponi (Halifax and Warren counties) Sappony (Person County) Meherrin (Hertford and surrounding counties)