Trail of Tears

See also: trail of tears

English

Etymology

Calque of Cherokee [Term?].

Proper noun

the Trail of Tears

  1. (historical) The route followed by American Indians moved from their homelands in the southeastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi river by the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Derived terms

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