Trail Of Tears Summary

In the book “Trail of Tears: The Rise and fall of the Cherokee Nation” a book where more than 18,000 Indians were forced to move to Oklahoma in a march known as The Trail of Tears, John Ehle explains with details all the events that led to this happening. In the book we learn a lot from the Cherokee nation which was one of the most important tribes at that time. There are also many characters discussed in this book, like the life of major Ridge who was one of the most well known and important leaders of the Cherokee tribe and played a major role during the negotiations of the white men and Cherokees trying to fix their issues and come together on laws, culture and land. It also talks about John Russ who was also a well known Cherokee leader like major Ridge, he fought against the federal government to allow the Cherokee nation to stay in Georgia instead of moving to Oklahoma and leave everything they had built as a tribe.
Additionally, the book gets deeply into the Removal Act from 1830, which was signed by President Andrew Jackson approving the president to give away grounds west of the Mississippi in return for Indian lands inside existing state borders. The author focus in this book and what I believe is his thesis is to show the readers how the white immigrants try to use unfair …show more content…
These events had many effects on the whole country at a cultural level, making the Native American abandoned everything they had and having them start over again. This could destroy their culture, it also brought a lot of deaths to this tribe. Approximately 4,000 Cherokees died fighting for their own home while they tried to go against the government fighting to stay on their land. I personally believe that it was a good book, very informative and the author does a great job providing all these information to support the