Ricktloml wrote:
This was an historical disgrace for several countries. The US included. It was indeed a dark day in history. The Trail Of Tears resulted in at least 6,000 Cherokee deaths, and other tribes suffered thousands of deaths as well, as the five "civilized tribes" had their land stolen and were forcibly marched (sometimes at bayonet point,) and most often without food or supplies, nor were they allowed to gather their belongings, from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, S. Carolina, Mississippi, and other southeastern states to Oklahoma in what became known as The Trail of Tears. And it didn't end there. After oil was discovered on Native land young non-native men married young Native women, and after a short time, (often a matter of months,) murdered them and assumed their oil rights. Some marrying 5 or 6 six times. A vile and shameful time in our history indeed.
This was an historical disgrace for several countr... (
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I think this is more than it appears. It's more sinister, if you can imagine.