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The Cherokee removal : a brief history with documents / Theda Perdue, Michael D. Green.

Title
The Cherokee removal : a brief history with documents / Theda Perdue, Michael D. Green.
Publication
Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Perdue, Theda, 1949-
  • Green, Michael D., 1941-
  • Green, Michael D., 1941-2013
Description
xv, 198 p. : ill., maps; 21 cm.
Summary
This documentary history provides a treatment of the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians in 1838 from their lands in the southeastern United States to what later became Oklahoma. Drawn from diverse sources - Cherokee writings, government documents, speeches, and newspaper articles - the selections present a variety of perspectives on this episode in American history. An introductory essay provides background information on racial attitudes, economic issues, and expansionism in early nineteenth-century America. Also included in the volume are detailed headnotes, photographs and maps, a chronology, and an index. --From publisher's description.
Series Statement
Bedford series in history and culture
Uniform Title
Bedford series in history and culture
Subject
  • 1838-1839
  • Trail of Tears, 1838-1839
  • Cherokee Indians > History > Sources
  • Cherokee Indians > Government relations
  • Cherokee Indians > Relocation
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Sources
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction. The Cherokees and U.S. Indian policy: The Cherokee people ; Early contact with British colonists ; The United States "civilization" program ; Cherokee culture change ; Pressure for removal ; Cherokee resistance and capitulation -- Cherokee "civilization": Becoming "civilized" ; Christian missions ; Quantifying Cherokee "civilization ; The Cherokee constitution of 1827 -- Georgia policy: The Georgia laws ; Georgia and the Supreme Court ; Dispossessing the Cherokees ; White intruders -- United States policy: In defense of the Cherokees: the "William Penn" essays' American women organize against removal ; Lewis Cass justifies removal ; Congress acts ; Andrew Jackson applauds the Removal Act -- The Cherokee debate: Women and removal ; Elias Boudinot's editorials in the Cherokee Phoenix ; The Treaty of New Echota ; The opposition continues ; The treaty party's defense -- The Trail of Tears: Enrollment ; Forced removal ; Waiting to cross the Mississippi ; Removal through a child's eyes ; Rebuilding the Cherokee nation ; Removal 150 years later.
ISBN
0312415990 (pbk.)
LCCN
  • ^^2004101944
  • 9780312415990
OCLC
  • 56635834
  • SCSB-12489483
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library