In this episode of Primary we look into the dark abyss that is Andrew Jackson’s letter to congress with his take on the Indian Removal Act. It turns out, sometimes history is awful, but thankfully we’ve got Alligator and a man with a famous hat to shine a little light of hope. Erin and Vinnie take Andrew Jackson at his word to understand how hundreds of years of conflict could lead a president of the United States to be absolutely giddy at the thought of relocating entire nations of people from their homelands… But, do listen though. Remember the hat!

Citations

The Primary Source

• "Transcript of President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress 'On Indian Removal' (1830)." 2018. OurDocuments.gov. Accessed July 10.https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=25&page=transcript.

Bonus Source: The Indian Removal Act of 1830

• "The Indian Removal Act of 1830." 2017. Nativehistoryassociation.org.http://www.nativehistoryassociation.org/removal.php.

Secondary/Additional Sources

• "A Brief History of the Trail of Tears." 2018. Cherokee.org. Accessed July 10.http://www.cherokee.org/About-The-Nation/History/Trail-of-Tears/A-Brief-History-of-the-Trail-of-Tears.

• "Andrew Jackson's Second Annual Message." 2018. Pbs.org. Accessed July 10.https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3437t.html.

• "Davy Crockett on the Removal of the Cherokees, 1834." 2018. Gilderlehrman.org. Accessed July 10.https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/davy-crockett-removal-cherokees-1834.

• Goss, George William. 2011. "The Debate over Indian Removal in the 1830s." Scholarworks.umb.edu. Dissertation. University of Massachusetts Boston.https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1045&context=masters_theses.

• "Historical State of the Union Messages." 2017. Archives.gov. June 6.https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/sotu.

• "Indian Removal." 2016. Apstudynotes.org.https://www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/topics/indian-removal/.

• "Indian Removal Act." 2018. LOC.gov. March 27.https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/indian.html.

• "Indian Removal Extract from Andrew Jackson's Seventh Annual Message to Congress." 2001. Pbs.org.http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/two/removal.htm.

• "Indian Treaties and the Removal Act of 1830." 2018. History.state.gov. Accessed July 10.https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/indian-treaties.

• Kolakowski, Michael, and Thomas H Neale. 2006. "The President’s State of the Union Message: Frequently Asked Questions." Senate.gov. March 7.https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/stateoftheunion.pdf.

• Seacoastonline.com. 2007. "Maine Towns Opposed Indian Removal Act," November 29, 2007.http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20071129/NEWS/711290370.

• "Objection to Removal - 1829." 2018. Cherokee.org. Accessed July 10.http://www.cherokee.org/About-The-Nation/History/Trail-of-Tears/Objection-to-Removal-1829.

• Oliphant, Adam. 2018. "Northern Humanitarian Protest Over Cherokee Removal." Austincc.edu. Accessed July 10.http://www.austincc.edu/pgoines/cherokeeprotest.