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To: Maine Mariner

>My problem with Jackson is what he did to the Cherokee Indians. They owned farm land and he simply took it away from them and forced marched them Oklahoma, many died along the way.

I’m not too great with history: but wasn’t that known as the Trail of Tears?


22 posted on 06/08/2011 6:44:03 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Yes it was.


27 posted on 06/08/2011 6:47:55 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: OneWingedShark
Indian Removal Act 1830 Andrew Jackson
48 posted on 06/08/2011 7:07:54 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: OneWingedShark; Maine Mariner
wasn’t that known as the Trail of Tears?

It was a death march for a lot of them

55 posted on 06/08/2011 7:18:42 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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