| Title | : | Trail of Tears: A Captivating Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 100 |
| Publication | : | Published April 10, 2018 |
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One of the darkest and cruelest chapters in the history of the United States occurred when the nation’s young government decided to remove the native peoples from their lands in the name of profit.
Having helped settlers for hundreds of years, five Native American tribes found it increasingly more difficult to relate to and trust the country that had once acted as their allies. The native peoples had fought alongside the Americans to gain freedom from England, the nation that the colonists deemed oppressive and unfair. The native peoples acted as benefactors and teachers, helping the colonists to gain an advantage against an army that was far superior to the small forces that the colonists could muster.
The new country owed a lot of its existence to the native peoples, yet the settlers, who were of European descent, did not see it that way.
The following topics will be covered in this book:
The Early Relationship The Growth of Manifest Destiny The Discovery of Gold and the Indian Removal Act Peaceful Protests and a Push for Recognition The People Versus the President The Militia Force Removal The Trail of Tears Stories of Pain, Loss, and Love Making a New Home And a Great Deal More You Don't Want to Miss Out On! Scroll to the top and download the book now to learn more about the Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears: A Captivating Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations Reviews
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Having known only the basic facts of this disgraceful time in American history, I found the detailed information in this book extremely enlightening. The mistreatment and forced removal of several Native American tribes by European settlers was initially based on greed - for land in what are now the southeastern United States of Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina and for the newly discovered gold in Georgia.
"Manifest Destiny and racism were the blinders that forced peaceful Cherokees from their lands, condemning thousands of them to death at the hands of an immoral leader who cared only about his own opinions and decrees." This describes Andrew Jackson, whose blatant racism and authoritarianism must be held accountable for this awful time in America.
As I read this edition, one in the series of Captivating History, I wondered if American students are aware of this time in America. Other books in the series include African American History. -
(In case you don’t want to read the wall of text: Neglects situational data, contradicts itself, more like propaganda than a history book, despite saying that the Europeans weren’t all one group of people it repeatedly refers to them as such, and even suggests several times that they all followed the same religion. Repeatedly omits facts and opts for speculation. Undermines the offense as it was not just the Native Americans who were betrayed but the majority of the American people and the Supreme Court as well-by the books own count. Manifested intentions and thoughts based on bias perspective. Claims to know what others were/are thinking or feeling in various situations, including current day Americans without justifying allegation, subsequently resulting in the insult of most Americans and our ancestors. Falsely demonizes and glorifies settlers and Native Americans, who are all just human. Leaves us without an answer as to what to do in our current state, in which we face a similar situation.)
Today it is difficult to find real news. I often say that you know it’s not news the moment they insult someone. In that moment, they’re telling you what to think not allowing you to do so for yourself. In that moment, it is no longer news, but Media Propaganda, made for entertainment at best and indoctrination at worst. News supplies you with only facts. Not theories, not suggestions, not what they believe someone is thinking, or anyone’s level of intelligence, or what their intentions were while doing something. Just facts. Real news is above insult, fabrication, or omission. Real news was our main defense against tyranny in the government. Our link to know what was going on in the world, and unfortunately is almost completely extinct within the United States. It breaks my heart, to see the same thing happening in our history books. Knowing the truth about our history, is one of the most important steps in creating a better future. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
The first two chapters are insulting. Most is conjecture or theories presented as fact with no historical events to suggest any of it is true. They impose their views on how they believe people felt or thought to push a narrative. Making it less historical and more like propaganda. Using manifested intentions based on bias perspective. Suggesting as fact how Europeans thought and felt as if they were one person rather than many complex people from varying different countries and cultures. Saying Europeans tried to ‘convert’ natives to their ways, and while it may be true that some tried, it wasn’t true of all or even most of them. It also omits the fact that many natives and Europeans intermingled and had families and homes together allowing their cultures to blend. *The settlers also had multiple religions, such as the Pagans, Baptists, Catholics, Congregationalists, Protestants, Anglicanism, Jewish, Quakers, Moravian, Mennonite, Pietists, Lutherans, Methodists. Many of whom came to escape persecution and/or blame for the plague originally. If any of these are the same, I apologize, I have never been deeply religious and am only recently beginning to study the differences.
This book only ever talks about Native Americans in a positive light, going so far as to say, “The natives were largely a peaceful people who were willing to let others live as they saw fit.” While there were many tribes that integrated into society, they were not all as peaceful as this book would have you think. This statement completely neglects those that raided settlements, stole food from winter supplies, scalped men, stole women and children, raped, and killed many in means to show their superiority. As was the custom for many tribes. After which tributes would usually be paid to stop the raids. Unfamiliar with this culture there were entire settler towns that died because of it. But this book follows only a naive noble Native American narrative, neglecting the entire truth at the start. In the process disrespectfully dismissing massacres of farms, families, and entire towns or tribes, as they attacked not only Europeans but also each other. Examples of some of these atrocities: The Jamestown Massacre of 1622, The Dietz Massacre, The Hutchinson Massacre, Lachine massacre, or Nine Men’s Misery where soldiers were tortured to death. I bring this up because there are no perfect nations or people, and it is important that in history we don’t over glorify any groups but represent them as a whole rather than misrepresenting them. History should be studied from a non-bias perspective. As this book over glorifies Native Americans and demonizes settlers it fails to qualify as a true history book and falls under the lines of indoctrination. Though whether it was written by a person who was indoctrinated, or with the intention to indoctrinate others is unclear. Had it only talked about the experience of the people enduring the Trail of Tears and those shepherding them, that dynamic would have been understandable. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.
“The cruelty exhibited by the young government by removing people from their land was matched only by the cruelty and indifference many Americans felt about the hardships and misery that the native people suffered when they were forced to march a long way to the resettlement locations.” While I agree that the cruelty exhibited by the government was deplorable in this instance, I don’t believe it is possible to say how the people felt about it or why. That is pure speculation being spouted as fact and proving that this book was not written in good faith. It even contradicts itself later saying the majority of Americans and the Supreme Court believed the Cherokee should be left alone but were ignored by the President and the Congress. This also contradicts the multiple times that the writer refers to the American people as Greedy Settlers. Showing that the American people in fact did not want the Cherokee to be relocated. It is ironic that it later states, “When it comes to talking about the Native peoples they should not really be considered as a whole any more than a person would consider all the settlers as a single group.” At which point this writer has already referred to the settlers a single group repeatedly and continues to do so after this statement.
The area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River was designated as strictly indigenous lands due to a deal made by the government, and it was wrong for people to take it. But to suggest that people took the land because they “felt superior” completely neglects the fact that many of them probably never even learned about the treaties to begin with. The post office hadn’t been established yet, and if you wanted news you had to be around when the town crier or bellman was in town square. Many people during that time would find land that looked workable and spend a lot of time and energy building a home there. It wasn’t like today where we have cell phones, cars, power-tools, and internet. They didn’t have roads to their houses back then or even the luxury of electricity or running water, and many who lived on the outskirts seldom got word from the towns. When they did, they were more interested in trade and food than zoning laws or current treaties. In this case I would say it was an irresponsible promise for the government to make when it had no effective way of informing their people or enforcing their agreement effectively. But to look at it with such a skewed perspective as to suggest what the people were thinking as well as their intentions is to deny the fact that many of the settlers were simply doing their best to survive in a situation many people today would find next to impossible.
“It’s often mentioned that the beginnings of the United States were formed with an eye on the early Greek and Roman democracies. However, there are arguments to be made that many of the greatest influences didn’t come from any European civilizations, either ancient or current.” It would be impossible for them not to be influenced by European civilizations. As the people who wrote the charters of freedom were European and therefore greatly influenced by their own culture, upbringing, and experiences. “From the admiration that the nations founders had for the government set up by the native peoples. Many parts of the constitution were based on the founding fathers’ interest and awe for the Iroquois confederacy.” This may have been an influencing factor, but democracies were already a thing at that point in time and it’s hard to say how much might have come from them. It’s true many of the founding fathers held deep respect for the natives so this is entirely possible, I wish the book had elaborated with further evidence rather than leaving it as that.
History is a series of events, which leave behind evidence. While most of history was written by the victories and is subject to question. True historians look at both sides of a story with an unbiased eye, only then will the truth come out. The suggestion that it can be re-written without supporting evidence is to say that only one side of any argument is valid. History is not written through theory, it is written from fact, from what has occurred. To have a non-bias history, we must look at events and evidence, and actual documented reasons which are often found in letters or diaries. They exist if you know where to look for them. Often this book brings up theories or suggests possibilities of something. In history we must never look at theories alone, that way of thinking is subject to influence by our personal experience and emotions, at that point it transforms into social propaganda which while it might be good for entertainment often is strewn with confirmation bias and completely unfounded ideas or accusations.
We then come to a large flaw. The book suggests ALL Americans believed in Manifest destiny. This again ignores the fact that not all Americans were Christian. In fact, ‘under God’ wasn’t added to the Pledge of Allegiance until the 1950’s. It would be more accurate to say that “Christians” excused their actions using manifest destiny, not Settlers. To ignore this careful difference would be to ignore the majority of the American people, *see earlier reference to the number of religions in the United States. While it is possible there were more people following Christianity than any other religion, comparing them against all other religions together they would find themselves in the minority. Thus, it was a minority of people that believed in Manifest destiny in the United States. We are often governed by the loud minority, seldom if ever the majority. The book even agrees with this when it states that the majority of people wanted to leave the Cherokee alone thereby contradicting itself.
There is a point at which it condescendingly speaks for all current day Americans, saying what we think and why we feel whatever we might feel about Andrew Jackson. Whom I don’t know enough about to form a solid opinion on. However, the writer has spoken so often of other feelings and motives that I am wondering if they believe themselves to be a mind reader and am a little worried about the paranoid delusions they’re projecting onto others.
They shamelessly compare Andrew Jackson to Hitler, in the same kind of off handed way a Disney actress lost her job over, due to a post on her twitter feed. I believe in that case she was comparing a situation where a man in a red hat was attacked. His attackers wrongly believed he was a republican and that was enough to evoke a violent attack against him. Horrified at learning this, she used the comparison to point out the danger our society is heading towards, comparing the way neighbors were turned against each other with the use of identity politics at the beginning of the Holocaust. In the same way people are being turned against each other through identity politics in the U.S. currently. Her goal was to promote peace among the parties by pointing out that violence is not an acceptable solution to solve our differences. Ultimately, she lost her job over the comparison. I wonder what the ultimate goal of comparing one of our presidents to Hitler is. In any case, the comparison is often used because it’s easily understood, but she was canceled for using the comparison to suggesting violence isn’t the right way to solve our differences. Many parroted the phrases “She was warned,” or “She went too far” without knowing any of the actual context. It boggles the mind why this book’s comparison would be tolerated and hers would not. It seems a dangerous comparison to make in today’s climate anyhow. Especially when Andrew Jacksons own adopted child was Native American. His son stayed safe with his wife while he went to battle. He also fought alongside Native Americans in many of his battles. His very life was even saved by a Native American. While it’s true that horrible atrocities happened during his Presidency, there is little to no evidence stated suggesting any of it was done as intentionally as Hitler’s atrocities were. While it is true many died due to the agreements and papers he signed, it may not be true that he was aware of it. This book offers no evidence to its theories or suggestions and constantly neglects the fact that the times and technologies were completely different back then. Suggesting instead ulterior motives, and ominous intentions. It repeatedly disregards the fact that communications between the states were slow, and he may not have had contact for months before word reached him. When word did reach him, he had to trust what he was told by those who contacted him, and they may have completely neglected to mention the atrocities going on in order to get his approval to do what they wanted. This of course is conjecture, as most of the book, only from the other side. One would need to look up Andrew Jackson’s correspondence during that time to know for sure if it holds any merit. This is a simple task. Any of his correspondence can be found at the Library of Congress. They’re saved as historical documents and free online for anyone to read. You can even organize them from oldest to newest to find the one’s you’re looking for more readily. Though I’ve already committed enough time to this review and have more books I need to get to. If anyone else wants to look it up, I’d be interested to learn what they find. I may do so myself after I reach my goal.
I speculate mostly because today’s culture in the U.S. loves to lay blame on Presidents for everything that goes wrong. A few years back one man even blamed his flat tire on President Obama. Ludicrous… The truth is far more complex than most are willing to admit. Presidents must work with what they’ve got, often enough this arrangement goes both ways for any society that wants to continue to function and avoid civil war. Communication is paramount to a functioning society. To suggest that one person back then could instantly be held responsible for an entire young nation’s actions seems absurd. The first post office wasn’t even established until 1971, and he was president in 1829 when few roads even existed. While many people died in the Trail of Tears during Andrew Jacksons presidency a precise number isn’t recorded. Many try to skew the numbers to look far larger than they are by using only a percent of people killed within a specific area or region, as such these numbers lack good faith. On the other hand, the number of people who died due to Hitler is in the 6 million range. This alone tells me that it’s a grievous elaboration to compare the two. But don’t worry, I hate cancel culture, it’s toxic.
In the end, I’m mostly upset because this horrible atrocity was completely undermined by the bias writing which utterly misrepresented most of the Settlers as well as the restrictions of the time itself. While this may sound odd to some. Treating the settlers as evil and representing them as such to their current day relatives is insulting to the majority of people likely to read this book. While simultaneously neglecting the fact that the government went against what the majority of the people wanted and therefore it was the government and not the people who were at fault. The people believed themselves powerless to do anything about it. A situation which led to the Trail of Tears. When history is misrepresented as simple good vs evil, we will always fail to see what we did wrong, and therefore it stunts our ability to change and grow for the better. It is one of the most important reasons history MUST be looked at with a non-bias eye.
There is not a horrible enough word to describe what these people suffered. But the majority of settlers as well as the Supreme Court, by the authors own word, were against it’s happening. So why then did it happen? Perhaps with an emphasis on this we might learn to factor in consequences when such factors are ignored. It helps no one to demonize those who would have stopped it had they realized they could. Many today would stop the horrifyingly similar atrocities happening on the other side of the globe if they could but fail to do so simply because they believe themselves to be powerless. Even today a nation invades others, displacing people and putting their children through re-education. Sterilizing women and killing men. Sending many into hiding including the Dalai Lama himself. Yet still, no one acts to stop it. Had I the ability I would stop it if I could. But sadly, I remain so powerless that I know even mentioning the name might have my post removed from the internet on most social media websites. Yet because of this, thousands are being put into situation similar or worse to that of the Trail of Tears. Yet no one will stand up to stop them. That makes us no more or less evil than the settlers were back then. So, have we learned nothing from this atrocity? I would hope that somehow, we are able to study it in order to see How to do better.
It’s frustrating that a person can write something like this and pass it off as history. I was hoping to learn more about events, but mostly I learned that whoever wrote this hates Europeans and want’s others to hate them too. They also assumes much about what others are feeling or thinking. At one point it mentions books with more detail, though it doesn’t name any. I will have to continue my search for a book to help me learn more on situations like this. They are perhaps the best means to find the correct course of action to take, or at least the actions which should be avoided. -
kindle unlimited, Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations -- even though I am LOTS of what I call white cracker european, I have awesome 'Native American' cheekbones, due to having quite a lot of Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw heritage {1 grandmother had over 25% Cherokee, plus other amounts along the line, so this type of thing is interesting...more so counting all the lineage plus living in Tennessee Valley whiich has Trail of Tears Motorcycle event every year, with various stops before and including Florence then on to a few more then on up to Oklahoma for the 'iron butts' riders {yes the entire trail spreads and ends up quite a length},
Explore the Cruel History of the Trail of Tears--Free History BONUS Inside!
One of the darkest and cruelest chapters in the history of the United States occurred when the nation’s young government decided to remove the native peoples from their lands in the name of profit. Having helped settlers for hundreds of years, five Native American tribes found it increasingly more difficult to relate to and trust the country that had once acted as their allies. The native peoples had fought alongside the Americans to gain freedom from England, the nation that the colonists deemed oppressive and unfair. The native peoples acted as benefactors and teachers, helping the colonists to gain an advantage against an army that was far superior to the small forces that the colonists could muster.
The new country owed a lot of its existence to the native peoples, yet the settlers, who were of European descent, did not see it that way.
The following topics will be covered in this book:
The Early Relationship
The Growth of Manifest Destiny
The Discovery of Gold and the Indian Removal Act
Peaceful Protests and a Push for Recognition
The People Versus the President
The Militia Force Removal
The Trail of Tears
Stories of Pain, Loss, and Love
Making a New Home
And a Great Deal More You Don't Want to Miss Out On!
BELOW: list of each book AND double books, and at end of listing is all books that have 5, 4, 3, and 2 sets IF more than one area {civilization etc} covered. Individuals are not covered/counted because easy enough to come across/look those up.
Nikola Tesla: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius Inventor
Thomas Edison: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius Inventor
Tesla Vs Edison: A Captivating Guide to the War of the Currents and the Life of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
The Culper Ring: A Captivating Guide to George Washington's Spy Ring and its Impact on the American Revolution
Alexander Hamilton: A Captivating Guide to one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America
Aaron Burr: A Captivaing Guide to the Life of Aaron Burr and the Most Famous Duel in American History
The Duel: A Captivating Guide to the Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
World War 2: A Captivating Guide from Beginning to End (The Second World War and D Day Book 1)
D Day: A Captivating Guide to the Battle for Normandy (The Second World War and D Day Book 2)
The Second World War: A Captivating Guide to World War II and D Day
Winston Churchill: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Winston S. Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt: A Captivating Guide to the Life of FDR
Churchill and Roosevelt: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Franklin and Winston
Adolf Hitler: A Captivating Guide to the Life of the Führer of Nazi Germany
Korean War: A Captivating Guide to the Korean War History
Vietnam War: A Captivating Guide to the Second Indochina War
Cold War: A Captivating Guide to the Korean War and Vietnam War
Jackie Kennedy: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
John Kennedy: A Captivating Guide to the Life of JFK
Kennedy: A Captivating Guide to the Life of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis
World History: Captivating Stories of Events That Shaped Our Planet (Forgotten History, History of the World, History Books)
Haitian Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Abolition of Slavery
Black History: A Captivating Guide to African American History and the Haitian Revolution
Black History: A Captivating Guide to African American History and the Haitian Revolution
African American History: A Captivating Guide to the People and Events that Shaped the History of the United States
Trail of Tears: A Captivating Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations
Mao Zedong: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Chairman of the Communist Party of China, the Cultural Revolution and the Political Theory of Maoism
Aztec: A Captivating Guide to Aztec History and the Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan (Mayan Civilization, Aztecs and Incas Book 2)
Maya Civilization: A Captivating Guide to Maya History and Maya Mythology (Mayan Civilization, Aztecs and Incas Book 1)
Ancient Civilizations: A Captivating Guide to Mayan History, the Aztecs, and Inca Empire
Celtic Mythology: A Captivating Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs
Egyptian Mythology: Captivating Stories of the Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Mortals (Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Greek Mythology Book 2)
Egyptian Mythology: A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Mortals (Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology Book 3
Ancient Greece: A Captivating Guide to Greek History Starting from the Greek Dark Ages to the End of Antiquity
Greek Mythology: Captivating Greek Myths of Greek Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Heroes
Greek Mythology: A Captivating Introduction to Greek Myths of Greek Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters
Greek Mythology: A Captivating Guide to the Ancient Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Greek Mythology Book 3)
Greek Mythology: A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Ancient Greek Religion with Its Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Mortals (Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology Book 1)
Greek Mythology: Captivating Tales of the Greek Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Monsters (Classical Mythology; Greek Myths Book 1)
Japanese Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Japanese Folklore, Myths, Fairy Tales, Yokai, Heroes and Heroines
Norse Mythology: Captivating Stories of the Gods, Sagas and Heroes (Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Greek Mythology Book 1)
Norse Mythology: A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Sagas, Gods, Heroes, and Beliefs of the
Vikings (Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology Book 2)
The Roman Republic: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic, SPQR and Roman Politicians Such as Julius Caesar and Cicero
Roman Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Roman Gods, Goddesses, and Mythological Creatures (Classical Mythology)
Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Greek Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, Norse Mythology, Celtic Mythology and Roman Mythology
Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Greek Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, and Norse Mythology (Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Greek Mythology Book 4)
Mythology: A Fascinating Guide to Understanding Greek Mythology, Norse Mythology, and Egyptian Mythology
Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Greek Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, and Norse Mythology (Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Greek Mythology Book 4
Ancient Civilizations: A Captivating Guide to Mayan History, the Aztecs, and Inca Empire
Greek Mythology: Captivating Tales of the Greek Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Monsters (Greek Mythology #1-2)
Classical Mythology: Captivating Stories of Greek and Roman Gods, Heroes, and Mythological Creatures
African American History: A Captivating Guide to the People and Events that Shaped the History of the United States
The Second World War: A Captivating Guide to World War II and D Day
Cold War: A Captivating Guide to the Korean War and Vietnam War -
A deplorable history
A good history lesson for a non American. A history which almost bought me to tears, but certainly angered me. This microcosm of colonial greed has been repeated all too often within the history of colonised nations. The authors portrayal of the seventh president Andrew Jackson made me think of President Donald Trump. This book should be required reading by all students at high school. -
Dry but honest. It’s a horrific story. I think Hitler is only famous because he was one man, we’ve had several American leaders commit genocide.
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Trail of Tears: Captivating Guide - Written by Captivating History - Matt Clayton
The sad truth to our worse history in the United States.
Explore the Cruel History of the Trail of Tears. One of the darkest and cruelest chapters in the history of the United States occurred when the nation’s young government decided to remove the native peoples from their lands in the name of profit. Having helped settlers for hundreds of years, five Native American tribes found it increasingly more difficult to relate to and trust the country that had once acted as their allies. The native peoples had fought alongside the Americans to gain freedom from England, the nation that the colonists deemed oppressive and unfair. The native peoples acted as benefactors and teachers, helping the colonists to gain an advantage against an army that was far superior to the small forces that the colonists could muster. The new country owed a lot of its existence to the native peoples, yet the settlers, who were of European descent, did not see it that way.
What did I like? Having Native American heritage this was a very sad book for me to read but unfortunately, the truth sometimes hurts. I am older now and I hope a little wiser but there were things in this book that either I forgot or was never brought up in the history classes of my youth.
What will you like? Quite frankly, I am sure whether you have any heritage or not this will still be a sad and angry book to digest. It does cover the early relationship that the settlers had with the Indians of all nations then goes on to explain the destiny, removal act, protests, military removal, the Trail of Tears itself, and their attempts at making new homes in the desolate area they were moved to. The main thing that really angered me is it was all conducted under both Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, following the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which provided the President with powers to exchange land with Native tribes and provide infrastructure improvements on the existing lands. In other words, they stole their lands to profit from their deaths and humiliation. That kind of man does that? Quite an eye-opener, sad, but very interesting. I do recommend this book if you really want to know the truth. I checked many of the facts that were brought up and did not find fault with any of them. I borrowed this on Kindle Unlimited. -
This is a good history lesson about the colonists, the early Americans and the Indians living on American soil. The Indian Removal Act was in 1830 when Andrew Jackson was our sixth President. This Act gave the government the right to remove the natives from their homes.
This turned out to be a dark and cruel time in our history. The Cherokee, Muskogee-Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and the Choctaw Indians were removed from their homes due to greed for the land and gold on their land. The natives walked hundreds of miles in freezing rain and snow in the winter enduring pain, suffering, lack of food, and no place to sleep. There were thousands of natives that lost their lives on the Trail of Tears.
I learned so much history from this fact based book which was filled with true events and stories of our early developments. I recommend this book to everyone, a great history book. -
An American disgrace
I cannot recall learning very much about the treatment of the indigenous population apart from the story of that first Thanksgiving. Our studies never (as I can best recall) went beyond this sanitized image. It would be much later upon reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee that these atrocities would challenge the notion that the relationship between the white colonists and the various tribes was grossly one-sided. This introduction to that time period hopefully inspires further reading one want more details. I had no idea what a loathsome person Andrew Jackson was. His policies sent a shiver down my spine as they felt like the policies of the tyrant currently sitting in the White House, also directing his inbred hatred towards people he views as a lower species. History is cyclical. -
Great truths about the Trail of Tears
I want to start off by saying that I am descended from the Eastern Band of Cherokee. My family hid and escaped from the military who sought to move us from our land.
This is an excellent brief history with some serious truths for readers. If you don't know anything about some of the founding fathers and what America was founded on, this is a great place to start. I really appreciate the author's point of view and how they bring into focus the good and bad, from different perspectives. Definitely read. -
Pretty interesting
Not gonna lie, it's the subject that got me interested, I am aware of the US and it's er, background with the native Americans, but this was a deeper look into a pretty nasty stage of this.
I generally liked the book, the facts were clear and opinions or biased statements were flagged by the author, although the commentary was a bit stop and start in terms you for delivery, which did cause a few issues with following the sequence of events clearly. But overall a pretty good look at a (putting it lightly) touchy subject for the Americans. -
Good book for history lovers
The trail of tears is a great book for anyone who loves history. It is filled with a lot of facts that I found very interesting and that I was unaware of until I read this book. This book is good for all ages and I plan on reading more books in this history series. -
Don't know much about history...
The story was okay....but when I looked at where they got the information.... It came from books published starting in 2000+ so basically from second, third-party information instead of doing the research and reading the treaties and family verbal stories. -
This is a very well written piece on the most horrible black mark on our country. Told in a very easy to understand way with so much information I had not seen before. Highly recommend. I received an Advance Reader Copy from Captivating History. Opinions are my own.
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This was a very disgraceful part of American history. This is likely the most information that I have read about the Trail of Tears. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone that wants to learn about the Trail of Tears.
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A solid, if light overview, of the Trail of Tears. Best part is the bibliography.
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Another sad chapter of American history.
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A fair introduction to the topic, I guess.
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You will want to learn more.
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Our Native Land
All of us no matter what our background should read and learn about the atrocity that man has gone through due to racist abuse that an other man has done. -
My grandfather made me read this book when I was 18 and it brought me to tears. My family was one of the Seminoles that stayed in Florida but that pain runs deep.
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This was a wo dermal, moving book. I have enjoyed it very much.
