Trail of Tears

A Captivating Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Duke Holm

Explore the cruel history of the Trail of Tears.

One of the darkest and cruelest chapters in the history of the United States occurred when the nation’s young government decided to remove the native peoples from their lands in the name of profit.

Having helped settlers for hundreds of years, five Native American tribes found it increasingly more difficult to relate to, and trust, the country that had once acted as their allies. The native peoples had fought alongside the Americans to gain freedom from England, the nation that the colonists deemed oppressive and unfair. The native peoples acted as benefactors and teachers to help the colonists gain an advantage against an army that was far superior to the small forces that the colonists could muster. The new country owed a lot of its existence to the native peoples, yet the settlers, who were of European descent, did not see it that way.

The following topics will be covered in this audiobook:

• The early relationship
• The growth of Manifest Destiny
• The discovery of gold and the Indian Removal Act
• Peaceful protests and a push for recognition
• The people versus the president
• The militia force removal
• The trail of tears
• Stories of pain, loss, and love
• Making a new home
• And a great deal more you don't want to miss out on!

Get the audiobook now to learn more about the Trail of Tears!

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very informative

loved it! I've gained a whole new understanding of the struggle forced on Native Americans.

Good historical fiction

A very sad story, but tells you the true story behind the Cherokee's removal. My one regret is that the book did not spend more time on what happened on the Trail Of Tears and less on the events that led up to it.I definitely recommended it to anyone!

I learn ed a lot about the Forced Removals.

I thought it would have had a little more history about the forced removals of cherokee, muscogee creek, seminole, chickasaw, and choctaw nations on the Cherokee. I learned a lot indeed about the tribes. I still need a more detailed history to satisfy my interest.

The book shows great history.

Somewhere in Tennessee I read this line "The Start of the Trail of Tears." I made mind that I will had to read this book to find the history of the United States and the Native Americans. Sad!

For all the losses

There are things that people will never know. Everything that was outlined in the book will not be believed .

very sad

no reason that the people were treated and mislead and treated so cruelly. I find it very difficult to imagine that humans could treat others that way. to me it just shows that they lacked intelligence in the time it took place.

This book answered all questions

Government at that time..& still is hurting the Native Americans and even their Other citizens of this country...I pray that something will change... but change has to come from the citizens & natives of this country before anything can happen...I pray soon before it's too late.

Another masterpiece from Captivating Team.

There are many books written on the Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations, as there should be. But Captivating History’s book "Trail of Tears" is among the very best, and a must read for anyone who wants to know Cherokee history.

Must read for those who wants to know Cherokee.

A must read for all Americans, a dark chapter in our history that cannot just be forgotten. How these honorable people agonized at the hands of people driven by greed and prejudice, with the governments help it's just distressing, read it, learn, and use the knowledge to teach that this should never happen again no matter what the reason.

An important history for readers.

Some of the lessons are still salient today. However, the long passages of letters, while authentic, are very difficult to follow and could have been rephrased to deliver the same value. It is interesting to see how the formal writing/language was in that time, but man it was hard to read.