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The Trail of Tears: Explore the Takeover of Nations from Beginning to End
A forced march into a strange land marks a monumental and tragic moment in our nation’s history.
The year is 1830. Native Americans of the American South and the Old Northwest live on the land they cultivated. Despite struggles and hardships, they’ve held onto what rightfully belongs to them. The land is a part of them. It is their lifeblood and their salvation. It is theirs’ until broken treaties and broken promises rip it from their clutches.
What happens next happens at the hands of the American government forever changed the landscape. Cruelty, degradation, sickness, and death followed. Pushed out of their homes, they are forced to start over in an unfamiliar territory with no resources.
Follow the heartbreaking story. Discover the truth about how and why this atrocity happened. Read the story of the aftermath of their expulsion from their land. See what happened on the impossible journey that cost them everything. Read the true story of the Trail of Tears.
The year is 1830. Native Americans of the American South and the Old Northwest live on the land they cultivated. Despite struggles and hardships, they’ve held onto what rightfully belongs to them. The land is a part of them. It is their lifeblood and their salvation. It is theirs’ until broken treaties and broken promises rip it from their clutches.
What happens next happens at the hands of the American government forever changed the landscape. Cruelty, degradation, sickness, and death followed. Pushed out of their homes, they are forced to start over in an unfamiliar territory with no resources.
Follow the heartbreaking story. Discover the truth about how and why this atrocity happened. Read the story of the aftermath of their expulsion from their land. See what happened on the impossible journey that cost them everything. Read the true story of the Trail of Tears.
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123 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 7, 2019
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July 23, 2020
Compact, succinct review of an important historical event.
December 13, 2019
‘The US still struggles with its legacy’ – Insights into Native American abuse
Author Adrian Ramos and History Compacted extend a well-established format of sharing important historical information in fine book form. In an age of instant gratification, transferring cognition to immediate utilization of the internet (as in Google) to avoid research in a library, and the preoccupation with social media outpacing educational ventures, this line of books takes learning in hand and condenses history into digestible portions – without omitting facts or significant aspects. The idea is sound, the need is important to recognize.
This well written book traces the tragic abuse of the Native Americans. Referencing another resource – ‘Indian-Pioneer History Collection’ - the author explains: ‘Before this historical collection was made, accounts from Native Americans about what they had suffered were hard to come by. It was easy enough to find the journals of missionaries, US Army officers, or doctors describing the Native American plight from an outside perspective – sometimes sympathetically, sometimes coldly and objectively. But it was next to impossible to read what the Natives saw and thought. And even with collections like this and others, countless voices remain silenced by the passage of time. We can read, study, and guess what happened to these people, but we rarely can feel it…Tens of thousands of Native Americans living in the American Southeast were forced out of their ancestral homelands in waves starting in 1830. They came from many different territories, including Georgia, Alabama, or Florida, but they were all bound for the so-called “Indian Territory” reserved for them, wet of the Mississippi River.’
Accompanied by stunning illustrations, Ramos details the critical period between 1607 – 1829 when wars between the new inhabitants and the native inhabitants divided a country, and proceeds to open our eyes to the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the subsequent removal of the Choctaws, the Seminoles, the Creeks, the Chickasaws, the Cherokees and other tribe removals. The content is well written, and very disturbing, but at last we have a resource of documentation of historical events we must never allow to happen again. This is a fascinating and enlightening new book – well worth reading.
Author Adrian Ramos and History Compacted extend a well-established format of sharing important historical information in fine book form. In an age of instant gratification, transferring cognition to immediate utilization of the internet (as in Google) to avoid research in a library, and the preoccupation with social media outpacing educational ventures, this line of books takes learning in hand and condenses history into digestible portions – without omitting facts or significant aspects. The idea is sound, the need is important to recognize.
This well written book traces the tragic abuse of the Native Americans. Referencing another resource – ‘Indian-Pioneer History Collection’ - the author explains: ‘Before this historical collection was made, accounts from Native Americans about what they had suffered were hard to come by. It was easy enough to find the journals of missionaries, US Army officers, or doctors describing the Native American plight from an outside perspective – sometimes sympathetically, sometimes coldly and objectively. But it was next to impossible to read what the Natives saw and thought. And even with collections like this and others, countless voices remain silenced by the passage of time. We can read, study, and guess what happened to these people, but we rarely can feel it…Tens of thousands of Native Americans living in the American Southeast were forced out of their ancestral homelands in waves starting in 1830. They came from many different territories, including Georgia, Alabama, or Florida, but they were all bound for the so-called “Indian Territory” reserved for them, wet of the Mississippi River.’
Accompanied by stunning illustrations, Ramos details the critical period between 1607 – 1829 when wars between the new inhabitants and the native inhabitants divided a country, and proceeds to open our eyes to the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the subsequent removal of the Choctaws, the Seminoles, the Creeks, the Chickasaws, the Cherokees and other tribe removals. The content is well written, and very disturbing, but at last we have a resource of documentation of historical events we must never allow to happen again. This is a fascinating and enlightening new book – well worth reading.
December 17, 2019
The author of this book writes so eloquently of the tragedy of Indian removal programs that it is often hard to read. The US government used these programs to wrest away land ownership from Indians for new settlers. It is particularly hard to read about the 5 Civilized Tribes and their treatment by the government.
I've read other books about some of these individuals (of the Five Civilized Tribes) who tried to stay on their own land and had assimilated as much as possible (wearing Anglo clothing, learning to read and write, adopting Christianity, seeking US citizenship). Their forefathers had fought with the Americans in the Revolutionary War and had done everything asked of them. Still, in the end, they were forced to leave their large farms -- because they were Indians and they owned valuable lands.
The author makes a fascinating point: The relationships between the Indians and the US government were often amicable. However, the relationships between the Indians and the state governments were not. This was a point in our history where states' rights vs. federal rights were still being argued over and would continue until our Civil War. A state was much more likely to infringe on an Indian tribe's rights; recourse in the state courts was seldom resolved in the Indian's favor.
Thank you for the tribal flags of the Indian nations shown. It shows that the tribes still share a cultural (and political) identity. A few years ago, I was traveling in New Mexico and Arizona. Someone I was speaking with pointed out several Indians traveling on the airplane with us. She mentioned that the Indians, as a group, are the most educated group around and that they seek changes within the system (getting governmental jobs, etc.). Perhaps they have decided to fight the system from within.
I've read other books about some of these individuals (of the Five Civilized Tribes) who tried to stay on their own land and had assimilated as much as possible (wearing Anglo clothing, learning to read and write, adopting Christianity, seeking US citizenship). Their forefathers had fought with the Americans in the Revolutionary War and had done everything asked of them. Still, in the end, they were forced to leave their large farms -- because they were Indians and they owned valuable lands.
The author makes a fascinating point: The relationships between the Indians and the US government were often amicable. However, the relationships between the Indians and the state governments were not. This was a point in our history where states' rights vs. federal rights were still being argued over and would continue until our Civil War. A state was much more likely to infringe on an Indian tribe's rights; recourse in the state courts was seldom resolved in the Indian's favor.
Thank you for the tribal flags of the Indian nations shown. It shows that the tribes still share a cultural (and political) identity. A few years ago, I was traveling in New Mexico and Arizona. Someone I was speaking with pointed out several Indians traveling on the airplane with us. She mentioned that the Indians, as a group, are the most educated group around and that they seek changes within the system (getting governmental jobs, etc.). Perhaps they have decided to fight the system from within.
May 20, 2020
Succinct coverage of an important event
I enjoyed the pace of the book. The facts were presented without a lot of minutiae. For a quick understanding, these compact histories are a great place to start.
I enjoyed the pace of the book. The facts were presented without a lot of minutiae. For a quick understanding, these compact histories are a great place to start.
April 19, 2020
Excellent book
This is a very good book for all who loves the truth to read
Very accurate and to the point
This is a very good book for all who loves the truth to read
Very accurate and to the point
October 22, 2020
Detailed historical account of the "relocating" of the Native Americans, the Trail of Tears, and so many callus actions and greed by our government
March 26, 2021
History Lesson
I didn't learn this in history classes
I didn't realize that the Cherokee were only one of the tribes that walked the trail of tears.
I didn't learn this in history classes
I didn't realize that the Cherokee were only one of the tribes that walked the trail of tears.
December 5, 2023
Tears were falling as I read this. I don't remember reading much about this in high school. Hopefully they are teaching it today.
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