The Exercise of Sovereignty in Cherokee Georgia
1990; University of Pennsylvania Press; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3123278
ISSN1553-0620
Autores Tópico(s)American Environmental and Regional History
ResumoThe removal of the Cherokees from Georgia has had a long and deservedly successful run as a morality play in which the good guys lose. Despite their success in learning the lessons of civilization and the substantial assistance they received from missionary allies and opposition politicians, despite winning one of the most important decisions the Supreme Court ever made and establishing that their residence in Georgia as a self-governing nation was beyond dispute legal, the Cherokees were forced to submit to Georgia laws, to abide by a treaty that no officer of their nation ever signed, and under that treaty to depart on their Trail of Tears. Pressure from the state of Georgia constituted an important element in their defeat, and Georgia won uncontested control of what had been the Georgia section of the Cherokee nation.
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