Today in History

May 26, 1830

Indian Removal Act

The Twenty-First Congress of the United States of America passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 on May 26, 1830. Under the terms of the Removal Act, the lands of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chicasaw, and Seminole tribes were ceded to the southern states in return for promises of autonomy, land, and financial consideration. The so-called "Five Civilized Tribes" were to be given land west of the Mississippi River in what is now Oklahoma. The migration of those tribes westward was a bitter and cruel relocation where thousands died along the way on the infamous "Trail of Tears".

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