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Contributor(s): Young, Mary Elizabeth (Author)

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ISBN: 0806134356     ISBN-13: 9780806134352
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: September 2000
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Annotation: President Andrew Jackson wanted to secure all 25 million acres east of the Mississippi River. When the indigenous tribes balked, Jackson offered treaties that promised a farm to each head of an Indian family in exchange for the remaining land. Mary Elizabeth Young details the repercussions of these treaties for American Indians and Anglo-Indian relations. Few if any Indians ever saw that promised farmland, but the United States received its share -- and more.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Native American
- History | United States - 19th Century
Dewey: 976.004
LCCN: 61015150
Series: Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.18" W x 9.14" L (0.87 lbs) 228 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Cultural Region - South
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
- Geographic Orientation - Alabama
- Geographic Orientation - Mississippi
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
 
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President Andrew Jackson wanted to secure all 25 million acres east of the Mississippi River. When the indigenous tribes balked, Jackson offered treaties that promised a farm to each of an Indian family in exchange for the remaining land. Mary Elizabeth Young details the repercussions of these treaties for American Indians and Anglo-Indian relations. Few if any Indians ever saw that promised farmland, but the United States received its share-and more.


Contributor Bio(s): Young, Mary Elizabeth: -

Mary Elizabeth Young is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.


 
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