Trail of Tears: An Enthralling Guide to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Removal, the Seminole Wars, Creek Dissolution, and Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Tribe

by Billy Wellman, Enthralling History

The removal of the Native Americans west of the Mississippi River during the 1800s to clear the way for settlers is a tragic story that involves human suffering on a grand scale.

The policy of Manifest Destiny said America was a morally superior nation that had the right to build an empire from the East Coast to the West Coast, much to the detriment of the Native Americans who stood in the way. This book will document the Trail of Tears, bringing to light many events that occurred in the background while describing a few prominent Native American chiefs, such as Seminole Chief Abiaka and Cherokee Chief John Ross, and some of the European-Americans with whom they clashed.

We will also go beyond standard history and take a closer look at the assimilation that occurred between the white settlers and the Native Americans. The unique characteristics of the tribes that met the Spanish settlers who arrived in Florida and the other European settlers who arrived on the East Coast are often not fully realized. We will take a closer look at this blending of cultures to give you a clearer picture of what the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminoles were like by the time of the Trail of Tears.

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Genres: History, American History

112 pages, Paperback

Published November 8, 2022

Reviews

[Stuart Williamson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sadly the USA have a history of creating "trails of tears" .....in the 19th century the removal of native American inhabitants from their ancestral homes and today with the unconditional support of their Israeli state allies, another "trail of tears" with the removal of Palestinians from their own native lands.

[Beverly Whitt · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was great at first. It flowed well and was cohesive.

Then chapter 7 hit and it was almost like someone else started writing it. Chapter 7 was just a bashing of revisionist history. It'd be different if it was talking about different types of history and the conflicts between the differing viewpoints. But this chapter didn't do that. It was just straight up biased bashing.

Chapter 8 was a little better, but it was still kind of hard to connect it to the earlier parts of the book.

Chapter 9 did a good job of reviewing everything and tied even seemingly unrelated things back to the main Trail of Tears topic. It also did a good job of giving an overall picture of women's movements regarding Indian Removal.

Not sure of the relevance of Chapter 10 at all.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Paul Lunger · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Trail of Tears: An Enthralling Guide to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Removal, the Seminole Wars, Creek Dissolution, and Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Tribe" by Billy Wellman ironically came to me as a suggestion as I was looking for books on the Trail of Tears. What this book ends up being is a very basic summary of the events that became that and basically dumbs down to the basic level of the events that this would become known as. A unique fact about these books known as "Enthralling History" is they are basically designed as a cliff notes version of things. The book itself is an easy read & honestly goes by really quickly, but if someone is looking for more a much more detailed version of things or a book that is almost a study guide for a high school or college student then skip this book entirely.

[Ronald Turton · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Rest of the Story

I didn't realize the extent of the Seminole wars. The Trail of Tears was more than just a single, solitary trail, but a more complex relocation of Native American people.

[Nancy Peifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a barebones overview of the Trail of Tears. It’s a short read, well researched, but not “enthralling”. And the narrator of the audio version nearly caused me to give up on it even though it’s only about 3.5 hours. (A different narrator might have meant a rating of 3 stars…)

[George Polansky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another dark secret of Americas founding and history. It gives a brief view of the mistreatment of the Native American tribes by the US government. I would rate it higher except that it tries to give a pass to Andrew Jackson. Jackson persecuted the "Indian" before he became president and after.

[Merry Jelks-Emmanuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This intriguing book provides insights into the relocation and the removal of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian tribes that were forced into relocation and the aftermath as a result. It is a well written book with an abundance of information that is insightful and grabs your attention.

[Rob sanders · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book

This book was great at explaining the real truth about the horrible way the Native Americans were exploited and manipulated in every way possible by our own President’s and forced to move west.

[Debbie Benson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. This a sad period of time aggravated by greed, betrayal and disease. Will people recognize history repeating?

[Kevin M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good condensed view of our treatment of America's indigenous people.