- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Cherokee removal
- Creator:
- Garrison, Tim Alan, 1961-
- Date of Original:
- 2004-11-19
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Southern States
Cherokee Indians--Relocation
Indians of North America--Southern States
Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Cherokee removal in Georgia. In 1838-39 U.S. troops, prompted by the state of Georgia, expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. The removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice that many white southerners harbored toward American Indians.
GSE identifier: SS2H1, SS8H4 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/cherokee-removal/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Cherokee Removal," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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