After the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, the Cherokee Nation resisted removal from their lands through a wide variety of strategies and tactics. The campaign to oppose Cherokee removal was ultimately unsuccessful, yet it was historically significant. It extended the amount of time Cherokees were able to live in their homeland, and American women who opposed removal used the experience of the campaign to successfully campaign to end slavery. In this lesson, students analyze four documents to investigate women's arguments against Cherokee removal.
Image: Signatures on an anti-removal petition authored by women in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1830. From the National Archives.
