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Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
3,400 members of the Creek Nation died in Alabama due to the horrific conditions they encountered along what became known as ...
The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail also passes through parts of North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee ... Trail of Tears map courtesy of the National Park Service (Wikimedia) ...
The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 ...