THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law – 1830

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In 1830, President Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which demanded eastern Native American… | Native american history, Native american indians, Trail of tears

On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law. The bill enabled the federal government to negotiate with southeastern Native American tribes for their ancestral lands in states such as Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. As a result, some 60,000 Native Americans were forced westward into “Indian Territory” (present-day Oklahoma). The mass migration resulted in more than 4,000 deaths and became known as the Trail of Tears.

At the time, Jackson said the removal would “incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier,” and would enable new states like Alabama and Mississippi to “advance rapidly in population, wealth and power.” By the end of his presidency in 1837, his administration negotiated almost 70 removal treaties that led to the relocation of 50,000 eastern Native Americans to the Indian Territory. Twenty five million acres of land were now freed up for white settlement in the east and as a result used for the expansion of slavery.

Some tribes including the Cherokees refused to leave their homes and were pushed out by the U.S. military between 1838 and 1839. Thousands of Native Americans died traveling thousands of miles through harsh weather toward unknown territory they were to call home.

By 1940, nearly all Native American tribes were driven west, and the Indian Removal Act had achieved its purpose.

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9 Comments
Anonymous
Anonymous
May 28, 2022 8:19 am

Poor thomas jefferson, over time, consistently upstaged.

MMinWA
MMinWA
  Anonymous
May 29, 2022 8:33 am

When Jefferson sent Lewis &. Clark west looking for a water way that cut across the continent after the Louisiana Purchase, he envisioned making Indians part of a vast trading economy stretching from ocean to ocean.

Never had a chance-the flood of immigrants from Europe wanted that land and were not to be stopped.

flash
flash
May 28, 2022 8:40 am

” I will push the rusty red asses all the way to back to Australia and kill the bank too . Vote for me in 28. You won’t be sorry ”
Andrew Jackson

Anonymous
Anonymous
May 28, 2022 9:04 am

We need the Zionist Removal Act

Stucky
Stucky
  Anonymous
May 28, 2022 10:07 am

Kneegrow Removal Act.

Ken31
Ken31
  Stucky
May 28, 2022 11:08 am

The only real impediment to that are the Zionists.

Glock-N-Load
Glock-N-Load
May 28, 2022 12:47 pm

It amazes me how, to this very day, the American government shows no shame for what they’ve done to the American Indian. Genocide was government policy. Prove me wrong.

lamont cranston
lamont cranston
May 28, 2022 5:01 pm

Of those tribes, the Choctaws returned to Neshoba County (Philadelphia MS) and have really, really prospered. Do a search for Pearl River Resort.

PSBindy
PSBindy
May 28, 2022 6:14 pm

When speaking of “The Trail of Tears,” they never seem to mention our ancestors kindness in allowing the indigenous people to take their Negro slaves with them.

Look up slave graveyard in OKC.

The noble savages allowed the Negros to call themselves tribal members. At least up to “casino time.”