Description
In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized President Andrew Jackson to transport eastern Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory. Ceaselessly only related to the Cherokees, the Path of Tears more correctly describes the forced removal of the 5 Civilized Tribes, which, along with the Cherokee, includes the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. This book is an insightful and fair exploration of this dark chapter in Local American history.