“Long time we travel on way to new land. People feel bad when they leave Old Nation. Women cry and made sad wails. Children cry and many men cry, and all look sad like when friends die, but they say nothing and just put heads down and keep on go towards West. Many days pass and people die very much.”
—A Cherokee account from The Oklahoman, 1929
The above quote from a member of the Cherokee Nation is most likely the result of -
The Twelfth Amendment
The Indian Removal Act
Worcester v. Georgia
Missouri Compromise
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The Indian Removal Act
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