Treaty of Cusseta (1832)

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The Treaty of Cusseta (1832) was an agreement in which the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ceded most of its remaining lands in Alabama to the United States, leading to the forced removal of many Creek people to Indian Territory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American treaty
removal-era treaty
treaty
affectedArea Alabama
Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Creek Nation lands east of the Mississippi River
appliesTo Muscogee people
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) people
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateSigned 1832
destinationOfRemovedPeople Indian Territory
present-day Oklahoma
ethnicGroupAffected Muscogee people
surface form: Muscogee (Creek)
hasConsequence expansion of plantation agriculture in former Creek lands
loss of sovereignty for Creek communities in Alabama
migration of Creek survivors to Indian Territory
hasSignatory Creek (Muscogee) Nation
surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Nation

United States of America
surface form: United States
historicalEra Antebellum period
surface form: Antebellum United States
historicalSignificance contributed to the broader pattern of Southeastern Native American removal
marked near-complete loss of Creek landholdings in Alabama
involves transfer of land titles from Creek Nation to the United States
language English
legalBasisFor removal of Creek people from Alabama
legalStatus ratified treaty of the United States
locationSigned Cusseta, Alabama
mainSubject Muscogee (Creek) land in Alabama
forced removal of Native Americans
land cession
motiveOfUnitedStates acquisition of Native American land in the Southeast
removal of Native Americans from desirable agricultural land
partOf Indian removal in the United States
U.S. Indian removal policy of the 1830s
precededBy earlier Creek land cession treaties
relatedTo Indian Removal policy of the United States
surface form: Indian Removal Act of 1830

Muscogee (Creek) removal to Indian Territory
Trail of Tears
result cession of most remaining Creek lands in Alabama
dispossession of Muscogee (Creek) landholdings
forced removal of many Creek people to Indian Territory
opening of Creek lands in Alabama to white settlement
timePeriod 19th century
Jacksonian era
typeOfAgreement land cession treaty

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Description of subject: The Treaty of Cusseta (1832) was an agreement in which the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ceded most of its remaining lands in Alabama to the United States, leading to the forced removal of many Creek people to Indian Territory.

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Creek (Muscogee) Nation signedTreaty Treaty of Cusseta (1832)