Cherokee Removal
Author: William L. Anderson
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1992-06-01
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 082031482X
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Author: William L. Anderson
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1992-06-01
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 082031482X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes bibliographical references. Includes index.
Author: Wilson Lumpkin
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Published: 1907
Total Pages: 712
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Adam J. Pratt
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2020-11-01
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 0820358266
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCherokee Removal excited the passions of Americans across the country. Nowhere did those passions have more violent expressions than in Georgia, where white intruders sought to acquire Native land through intimidation and state policies that supported their disorderly conduct. Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears, although the direct results of federal policy articulated by Andrew Jackson, were hastened by the state of Georgia. Starting in the 1820s, Georgians flocked onto Cherokee land, stole or destroyed Cherokee property, and generally caused havoc. Although these individuals did not have official license to act in such ways, their behavior proved useful to the state. The state also dispatched paramilitary groups into the Cherokee Nation, whose function was to intimidate Native inhabitants and undermine resistance to the state’s policies. The lengthy campaign of violence and intimidation white Georgians engaged in splintered Cherokee political opposition to Removal and convinced many Cherokees that remaining in Georgia was a recipe for annihilation. Although the use of force proved politically controversial, the method worked. By expelling Cherokees, state politicians could declare that they had made the disputed territory safe for settlement and the enjoyment of the white man’s chance. Adam J. Pratt examines how the process of one state’s expansion fit into a larger, troubling pattern of behavior. Settler societies across the globe relied on legal maneuvers to deprive Native peoples of their land and violent actions that solidified their claims. At stake for Georgia’s leaders was the realization of an idealized society that rested on social order and landownership. To achieve those goals, the state accepted violence and chaos in the short term as a way of ensuring the permanence of a social and political regime that benefitted settlers through the expansion of political rights and the opportunity to own land. To uphold the promise of giving land and opportunity to its own citizens—maintaining what was called the white man’s chance—politics within the state shifted to a more democratic form that used the expansion of land and rights to secure power while taking those same things away from others.
Author: Wilson Lumpkin
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 499
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wilson Lumpkin
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 697
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Published: 2019
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780243714469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Philip John McFarland
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 430
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nathan Aaseng
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781560066286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the attempts to protect the rights of Cherokees living in Georgia beginning in the colonial period, including the landmark Supreme Court cases, Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia, and Worcester vs. Georgia.
Author: Wilson Lumpkin
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780678007105
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wilson Lumpkin
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019946770
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia provides a firsthand account of the forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation from their ancestral lands in the early 19th century. Authors Wilson Lumpkin and Wymberley Jones De Renne, both prominent Georgia politicians, defend the government's actions while also acknowledging the devastating impact on the Cherokee people. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.