The Cherokee removal : a brief history with documents / Theda Perdue, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Michael D. Green, Late of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Edition:
Third edition.
Publisher:
Bedford/St. Martin's,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xvii, 200 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm.
"Orginally published: Boston : Bedford/St Martin's, 1995." Includes bibliographical references (page 192) and index.
Contents:
Part One. Introduction: The Cherokees and U.S. Indian Policy. The Cherokee People ; Early Contact with British Colonists ; The U.S. "Civilization" Program ; A New Cherokee World ; Pressure for Removal ; Cherokee Resistance and Capitulation -- Part Two. The Documents. Cherokee "Civilization." Becoming "Civilized": 1. Young Wolf, Last Will and Testament, 1814 ; 2. Cherokee Committee, Ruling on Young Wolf's Estate, 1824 ; A Cherokee View of "Civilization": 3. John Ridge, Letter to Albert Gallatin, February 27, 1826 ; Christian Missions: 4. Elizabeth Taylor, Letter to Miss Abigail Parker, June 26, 1828 ; 5. Sally M. Reece, Letter to Reverend Daniel Campbell, July 25, 1828 ; 6. Nancy Reece, Letter to Reverend Fayette Shepherd, December 25, 1828 ; Quantifying Cherokee "Civilization": 7. The Census of 1835 ; Who is an Indian?: 8. Major Ridge (1771?-1839) ; 9. John Ross (1790-1866) ; The Cherokee Constitution of 1827: 10. Constitution of the Cherokee Nation, Formed by a Convention of Delegates from the Several Districts, at New Echota, July 1827 ; Georgia Policy. The Georgia Laws: 11. Georgia State Assembly, Laws Extending Jurisdiction over the Cherokees, December 19, 1829, and December 22, 1830 ; Georgia and the Supreme Court: 12. United States Supreme Court, Worcester v. Georgia, March 1832 ; Dispossessing the Cherokees: 13. Memorial of Protest of the Cherokee Nation, June 22, 1836 ; White Intruders: 14. Zillah Haynie Brandon, Memoir, 1830-1838 ; U.S. Policy. In Defense of the Cherokees : The "William Penn" Essays: 15. William Penn [Jeremiah Evarts], A Brief View of the Present Relations between the Government and People of the United States and the Indians within Our National Limits, November 1829 ; American Women Organize against Removal: 16. Catherine Beecher, Circular, Addressed to Benevolent Ladies of the U. States, December 25, 1829 ; Lewis Cass Justifies Removal: 17. Lewis Cass, Removal of the Indians, January 1830 ; Congress Acts: 18. U.S. Congress, Indian Removal Act, May 28, 1830 ; Andrew Jackson Applauds the Removal Act: 19. Andrew Jackson, State of the Union Address, December 6, 1830 ; The Cherokee Debate. Women and Removal: 20. Cherokee Women, Petition, May 2, 1817 ; 21. Cherokee Women, Petition, June 30, 1818 ; 22. Cherokee Women, Petition, October 17, 1821 [1831?] ; Elias Boudinot's Editorials in the Cherokee Phoenix: 23. Elias Boudinot, Editorials in the Cherokee Phoenix, 1829, 1831 ; The Treaty of New Echota: 24. Treaty with the Cherokees, 1835 ; The Opposition Continues: 25. John Ross, Letter in Answer to Inquiries from a Friend, July 2, 1836 ; The Treaty Party's Defense: 26. Elias Boudinot, Letters and Other Papers Relating to Cherokee Affairs : Being a Reply to Sundry Publications by John Ross, 1837 ; The Trail of Tears. Enrollment: 27. Memorial of Protest of the Cherokee Nation, June 22, 1836 ; Forced Removal: 28. Evan Jones, Letters, May-December 1838 ; Waiting to Cross the Mississippi: 29. George Hicks, Letter from the Trail of Tears, January 13, 1839 ; The Aftermath: 30. The Cherokee War, August 21, 1839 ; 31. John Ridge, August 2, 1839 ; Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation: 32. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Journal, 1841 ; Remembering the Trail of Tears. Oral History: 33. Interview with Rebecca Neugin, 1932 ; 34. Interview with Eliza Whitmire, 1936 ; Marking the Trail of Tears: 35. Chief Vann House, 1954 ; 36. Chief Vann House Historic Site ; 37. Vann House, Spring Place, Georgia ; Commemorating Removal: 38. Will Chavez, Three Trail of Tears Survivors Honored at April 18 Ceremonies, April 24, 2015 Appendixes. Chronology of the Cherokee Removal (ca. 17002007) ; Questions for Consideration ; Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
The Cherokee Removal of 1838-1839 unfolded against a complex backdrop of competing ideologies, self-interest, party politics, altruism, and ambition. Using documents that convey Cherokee voices, government policy, and white citizens' views, Theda Perdue continues to present a multifaceted account of this complicated moment in American history. The third edition features new documents, including two contemporary newspaper articles and an interview with a former Cherokee slave. In addition, a new section allows readers to reflect on the legacy of the Trail of Tears and those affected by it. The introduction provides students with succinct historical background. Document headnotes contextualize the selections and draw attention to historical methodology. To aid students' investigation of this compelling topic, the map and the chronology of the Cherokee Removal have been augmented by new questions for consideration and a selected bibliography.-- Publisher description.
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