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Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd on Nostr: The Treaty of New Echota #OnThisDay On 29th December 1835 the Treaty of New Echota ...

The Treaty of New Echota #OnThisDay

On 29th December 1835 the Treaty of New Echota was signed between the US government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction to cede all lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.  Andrew Jackson, a Democrat and supporter of Indian removal, was elected president in 1828 The negotiation of the Treaty of New Echota was largely encouraged by Jackson, and it was signed by a minority…

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