Trail of Tears

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ethnic cleansing forced relocation historical event

The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation in the 1830s of tens of thousands of Native Americans, primarily the Cherokee, from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory, resulting in immense suffering and a high death toll.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Trail of Tears canonical	32
Cherokee removal	3
Cherokee removal (Trail of Tears)	1
Cherokee removal era	1
Long Walk of the Navajo	1
Trail of Tears era removals	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic cleansing ⓘ forced relocation ⓘ historical event ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup	Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation Chickasaw Nation ⓘ surface form: Chickasaw Choctaw people ⓘ surface form: Choctaw Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Seminole ⓘ “Five Civilized Tribes” ⓘ
authorizedBy	Andrew Jackson ⓘ surface form: President Andrew Jackson
carriedOutBy	United States Army ⓘ state militias ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Trail of Tears National Historic Trail ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	late 1830s ⓘ
follows	Worcester v. Georgia ⓘ surface form: Worcester v. Georgia decision
hasCause	Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ surface form: Indian Removal Act of 1830
hasEffect	cultural disruption ⓘ high mortality ⓘ land seizure by the United States ⓘ loss of ancestral homelands ⓘ mass displacement of Native Americans ⓘ population decline ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	19th century ⓘ Jacksonian era ⓘ
legislatedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
location	Indian Territory ⓘ present-day Oklahoma ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ surface form: southeastern United States
mainSubject	Trail of Tears self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cherokee removal
numberOfDeaths	approximately 4,000 Cherokee ⓘ thousands of Native Americans ⓘ
numberOfVictims	approximately 16,000 Cherokee removed ⓘ tens of thousands of Native Americans ⓘ
opposedBy	Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation Principal Chief John Ross ⓘ
partOf	Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ surface form: Indian removal
precededBy	Treaty of New Echota (1835) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of New Echota
reason	U.S. desire for Native American lands ⓘ discovery of gold on Cherokee land ⓘ expansion of cotton agriculture ⓘ
rememberedFor	death marches ⓘ immense suffering ⓘ
route	overland routes through Arkansas ⓘ overland routes through Illinois ⓘ overland routes through Kentucky ⓘ overland routes through Missouri ⓘ overland routes through Tennessee ⓘ water routes along the Mississippi River ⓘ
startTime	1830s ⓘ 1831 ⓘ

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Subject: Trail of Tears
Description of subject: The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation in the 1830s of tens of thousands of Native Americans, primarily the Cherokee, from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory, resulting in immense suffering and a high death toll.

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgia Gold Rush → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Indian Removal policy of the United States → result → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Indian Removal policy of the United States → keyEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Jacksonian era → hasPart → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Native Americans → historicalEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

this entity surface form: Long Walk of the Navajo

Winfield Scott → participantIn → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Indian Territory → significantEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Cherokee Nation (historical) → associatedWithEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Cherokee Nation (historical) → forcedRemoval → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Trail of Tears → mainSubject → Trail of Tears self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee removal

Worcester v. Georgia → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Creek War of 1836 → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Choctaw Nation → forcedRelocation → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Creek (Muscogee) Nation → historicalEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trail of Tears era removals

Southeastern Woodlands → impactedBy → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma → notableHistoricEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

subject surface form: Cherokee Nation

Fort Payne → historicalEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee removal (Trail of Tears)

Creek (Muscogee) → wasSubjectOf → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Diane Glancy → theme → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Choctaw people → forcedRelocationEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

New Echota → associatedWithEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Cherokee Constitution of 1827 → inForceUntil → Trail of Tears ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee removal era

Cherokee Constitution of 1827 → relatedEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

John Ross → participatedIn → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Treaty of New Echota (1835) → ledTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of New Echota

“Five Civilized Tribes” → event → Trail of Tears ⓘ

subject surface form: Five Civilized Tribes

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail → commemorates → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Seminole Wars → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ

John Ridge → participantIn → Trail of Tears ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee removal

Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek → associatedWith → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Treaty of Cusseta (1832) → relatedTo → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Cherokee → historicalEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Red Clay State Historic Park (nearby) → theme → Trail of Tears ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Clay State Historic Park

Red Clay State Historic Park (nearby) → topic → Trail of Tears ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Clay State Historic Park

this entity surface form: Cherokee removal

Cherokee lands within the State of Georgia → significantEvent → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Cherokee National History Museum → topic → Trail of Tears ⓘ

Cherokee Nation reservation (modern jurisdictional area) → historicallyAssociatedWith → Trail of Tears ⓘ