jul 1, 1838 - 1838-1839: the Trail of Tears Cherokees' forced exile from GA's NW territory, a particularly potent symbol of the trauma and suffering that all such removals of Native people entailed during the period, as white colonists moved to remove native presences. (In GA's case, the Creeks and Cherokees.)
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jul 1, 1838
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~ 187 years ago