Cherokee removal (Trail of Tears)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cherokee_removal_(Trail_of_Tears)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:migration
gptkbp:affectedPopulation approximately 16,000 Cherokee
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Trail_of_Tears
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Indian_Removal_Act_of_1830
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:U.S._Army
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cherokee removal (Trail of Tears)
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Treaty_of_New_Echota
gptkbp:involves gptkb:United_States_government
gptkb:Cherokee_Nation
gptkbp:legacy recognized as act of ethnic cleansing
subject of historical memory and commemoration
commemorated by Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:John_Ross
Cherokee Nation leadership
gptkbp:order gptkb:President_Andrew_Jackson
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Choctaw_removal
gptkb:Indian_Removal
Chickasaw removal
Creek removal
Seminole removal
gptkbp:resultedIn relocation to Indian Territory
death of thousands of Cherokee
gptkbp:routeEndedAt present-day Oklahoma
gptkbp:routeStartedAt gptkb:Southeastern_United_States
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Treaty_Party
gptkbp:tookPlaceIn gptkb:United_States
1838
gptkbp:victim estimated 4,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Brainerd_Mission,_Tennessee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7