The Cherokee removal : a brief history with documents edited with an introduction by Theda Perdue, Michael D. Green

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perdue, Theda, 1949-

Green, Michael D., 1941-

Series:

Bedford series in history and culture

The Bedford series in history and culture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.

Cherokee Indians--History--Sources.

Cherokee Indians.

Cherokee Indians--Government relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 185 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, c1995.

Contents:

Introduction: The Cherokees and U.S. Indian policy

Cherokee "civilization". Becoming "civilized" ; A Cherokee view of "civilization" ; Christian missions ; Quantifying Cherokee "civilization"

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 ; 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 ; Removal through a child's eyes ; Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation

Appendix. Chronology of the Cherokee removal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

ISBN:

0312122543

9780312122546

031208658X

9780312086589

OCLC:

32447335