Indian Removal Act Passes Congress: The Trail of Tears Is Coming
President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, compelling Native American nations to abandon ancestral lands and march westward. This legislation triggered the Trail of Tears, a forced displacement that killed thousands through disease, starvation, and exposure.
May 28, 1830
196 years ago
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