Cherokee Emigration: Reconstructing Reality

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Article reconstructs the period of forced removal Cherokees experienced in the 1830s, including the bureaucratic process behind it, seizure of Cherokee property, embarkation camps, and the emigration itself. Due to the lack of consistency in historical record, Lathel F. Duffield examines a variety of sources, from the works of historians to the records of soldiers enacting the atrocities.

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34 p. : ill.

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Duffield, Lathel F. Autumn 2002.

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Article reconstructs the period of forced removal Cherokees experienced in the 1830s, including the bureaucratic process behind it, seizure of Cherokee property, embarkation camps, and the emigration itself. Due to the lack of consistency in historical record, Lathel F. Duffield examines a variety of sources, from the works of historians to the records of soldiers enacting the atrocities.

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34 p. : ill.

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Abstract: The story of the forced removal of the Cherokees from the southeastern United States is widely known, but details of the ordeal are still unfolding. The removal itself and the intervening years have produced a plethora of documents and histories. Lathel Duffield looks at the interpretations of several historians and authors, questionable "eyewitness" accounts, early newspaper reports, and original documents to provide a clearer picture of that dark period.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 80(3), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2002, pp. 314-347

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 80
  • Issue: 3
  • Page Start: 314
  • Page End: 347

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The Chronicles of Oklahoma is the scholarly journal published by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It is a quarterly publication and was first published in 1921.

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Duffield, Lathel F. Cherokee Emigration: Reconstructing Reality, article, Autumn 2002; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2016868/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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