Bruce's History: The Removal Acts of 1830

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1. I have ancestors who survived the Trail of Tears

I have traced part of my ancestry back to Choctaw great-great-grandparents who lived in southern Oklahoma. Choctaws lived in Mississippi and Alabama, so and most were forced to go to Oklahoma. The name Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw words for "red people".

A family member in another branch of my family was in Congress, and tried hard to stop the Removal acts. He lost his seat in Congress as a result, and was later executed in Texas by the Mexican Army. His name was Davy Crockett.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, of Concord, Massachusetts, strongly protested the removal.