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    The Indian Removal Act allowed the president to exchange lands west of the Mississippi River with Native American tribes living in U.S. territories, and to remove and resettle those tribes to the exchanged lands if necessary. It aimed to open more lands for white settlement by removing tribes, and guaranteed protection for removed tribes in their new lands. The Cherokee tribe had complied with previous agreements but new treaties typically benefited whites by taking Cherokee lands. Andrew Jackson argued in his removal speech that removing Indians beyond settled areas would avoid conflicts and benefit whites. Overall the goal was furthering white settlement at the expense of Native Americans.

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    The Indian Removal Act allowed the president to exchange lands west of the Mississippi River with Native American tribes living in U.S. territories, and to remove and resettle those tribes to the exchanged lands if necessary. It aimed to open more lands for white settlement by removing tribes, and guaranteed protection for removed tribes in their new lands. The Cherokee tribe had complied with previous agreements but new treaties typically benefited whites by taking Cherokee lands. Andrew Jackson argued in his removal speech that removing Indians beyond settled areas would avoid conflicts and benefit whites. Overall the goal was furthering white settlement at the expense of Native Americans.

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    The Indian Removal Act allowed the president to exchange lands west of the Mississippi River with Native American tribes living in U.S. territories, and to remove and resettle those tribes to the exchanged lands if necessary. It aimed to open more lands for white settlement by removing tribes, and guaranteed protection for removed tribes in their new lands. The Cherokee tribe had complied with previous agreements but new treaties typically benefited whites by taking Cherokee lands. Andrew Jackson argued in his removal speech that removing Indians beyond settled areas would avoid conflicts and benefit whites. Overall the goal was furthering white settlement at the expense of Native Americans.

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    The Indian Removal act

    The first section provides a description of what the Indian act entails which
    provides the exchange of lands with Indians residing in United States
    territories and for their removal west of the Mississippi River. It provides the
    president of the US exchange land with the Indians living any exchange
    made the US will forever secure and guaranty to the Indians and any
    successors after them, how if they become extinct land goes back to the us.
    It also grants the president of the US to have the removal, or settle in
    another part of land; furthermore, give protection to nation or tribe at their
    new settlement. The next section, Cherokee Removal section states that the
    Cherokee tribe was always compliant with the agreements done with the
    united states. The treaties made with the Cherokee tribe would usually
    benefit the white people, theyre trying to maintain the land that was
    founded by them, and that treaties made will give white Americans
    privileges. The sections where Andrew Jackson gave his Indian removal
    speech to congress announces the new policy that will be established,
    removing the Indians beyond the where the White Americans have settled,
    will give them an advantage, and puts an end to all possible dangers of
    collisions between authorities between government and Indians. In general
    what they all share is that they will White Settlers will benefit greatly from
    the removal of the Indians and primarily are thinking for themselves only.

    David Walker Appeals


    This an excerpt from David Walker expressing his observations of how black
    folks are treated in America. From his observations, he said we, coloured
    people of these United States,
    are the most degraded, wretched, and abject set of beings that ever lived
    since the world began. It sheds some light to how black people were though
    of then, just because of the color of their skin. He goes on mentioning that
    American call them ungrateful, but brings up the point, to be grateful for?
    Murdering their loved ones, for incarcerating them with shackles while
    beating them; the White Americans think they are foolish. He states that this
    America belongs to them as much as they do to the White Americans, they
    put amounts blood sweat and tears. He goes on by expressing that hes
    when they are treated as men, they can become friends, and slowly erasing
    the past and starting a new future. He then goes on to mentioning the
    Declaration of independence and its ironic that the founding fathers stated
    that all men are created equal but here they White Americans are being
    cruel and inhumane treating the black people as if they were lesser beings.

    The Confessions of Nat Turner


    A confession by Nat Turner where he discussed the actions he imposed on
    the White Americans. He started by murdering his own master first and going
    along to other homes around the area and doing the same. In addition, he
    would let free the slaves that were shackled and have them join in the
    rebellion against the White Americans. His group slowly grew throughout the
    night making sure that they visited and killed every individual there including
    women and children. While heading towards another home they were
    intervened by a group of white men both parties shooting each other, Turner
    retreated with some of his men, to realize that they had vanished to which
    then lead him go out and hid for 6 weeks in the woods until he was
    discovered, arrested, and convicted for lives taken.

    The Liberator
    The liberator was a newspaper published by William Garrison, he expressed
    what his goal of writing the paper was to exploit slavery to the people in
    hopes of opening their minds, and potentially changing or abolishing it all
    together. He quotes from the declaration of independence hat all men are
    created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights-
    among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and wanting to
    slave population the right to vote as the stated that men are created equal
    and thus should have the right to vote. He says that he wants to tell the truth
    no matter how it may come out, he wants his voice to be heard. I interpreted
    it as propagation to stand up and rebel or standing for what they deserve.

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