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=== Removal Records<br> ===
=== Removal Records<br> ===


The Indian Removal Act was signed May 26, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson.&nbsp; The Act instiated a policy of removal of American Indians tribes&nbsp;living east of&nbsp; the Mississippi River to land west of the river.&nbsp;
The Indian Removal Act was signed May 26, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson.&nbsp; The Act instiated a policy of removal of American Indians tribes living east of the Mississippi River to land west of the river.  


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| Choctaw  
| Choctaw  
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/cho0310.htm Dancing Rabbit Creek]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sep. 27, 1830  
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/cho0310.htm Dancing Rabbit Creek September 27, 1830  
| 1831-1836  
| 1831-1836  
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| Seminole  
| Seminole  
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/sem0344.htm Payne's Landing ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; May 9,1832  
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/sem0344.htm Payne's Landing May 9,1832  
| 1832-1842  
| 1832-1842  
| &nbsp;5,000 and Fugitive Slaves  
| 5,000 and Fugitive Slaves  
| 2,833  
| 2,833  
|  
|  
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| Creek  
| Creek  
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/cre0341.htm Cusseta]&nbsp;&nbsp;March 24,1832  
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/cre0341.htm Cusseta]March 24,1832  
| 1834-1837  
| 1834-1837  
| &nbsp;22,700 +900 Black Slaves  
| 22,700 +900 Black Slaves  
| 19,600  
| 19,600  
| 3,500 (disease after removal)  
| 3,500 (disease after removal)  
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| Cherokee  
| Cherokee  
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/che0439.htm New Echota]&nbsp;&nbsp;Dec. 29,1835  
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/che0439.htm New Echota]December 29,1835  
| 1836-1838  
| 1836-1838  
| &nbsp;21,500 + 2,000 Black Slaves  
| 21,500 + 2,000 Black Slaves  
| 20,000 + 2,000 Slaves  
| 20,000 + 2,000 Slaves  
| 2,000-8,000  
| 2,000-8,000  
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| Chickawaw  
| Chickawaw  
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/chi0356.htm Pontotoc Creek] 1832  
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/chi0356.htm Pontotoc Creek]&nbsp; October 20, 1832  
| 1837-1847  
| 1837-1847  
| &nbsp;4,914 +1,156 Black Slaves  
| 4,914 +1,156 Black Slaves  
| 4,000  
| 4,000  
| 500-800  
| 500-800  
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References (information in the above chart rearranged from a chart at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_removal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_removal] )  
References (see also:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_removal &nbsp;chart])


1. Anderson, William L., ed. ''Cherokee Removal: Before and After''. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8203-1482-X.  
1. Anderson, William L., ed. ''Cherokee Removal: Before and After''. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8203-1482-X.  
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