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"However, murder is murder whether committed by the villain skulking in the dark
or by uniformed men stepping to the strains of martial music."
-John Burnett a soldier moving the Indians-
Elected president in 1828, Andrew Jackson supported the removal of American Indians from their homelands, arguing that the American Indians’ survival depended on separation from whites. In this 1835 circular to the Cherokee people, Jackson lays out his case for removal. Using paternalistic and threatening language, Jackson urges the Cherokee to accept removal from Georgia and relocate westward peacefully.
“I have no motive, my friends, to deceive you,”
- President Andrew Jackson-
"Sure you can trust the government, just ask a Native American"
-Unknown-
-John Burnett a soldier moving the Indians-
Elected president in 1828, Andrew Jackson supported the removal of American Indians from their homelands, arguing that the American Indians’ survival depended on separation from whites. In this 1835 circular to the Cherokee people, Jackson lays out his case for removal. Using paternalistic and threatening language, Jackson urges the Cherokee to accept removal from Georgia and relocate westward peacefully.
“I have no motive, my friends, to deceive you,”
- President Andrew Jackson-
"Sure you can trust the government, just ask a Native American"
-Unknown-