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President Andrew Jackson wanted to secure all 25 million acres east of the Mississippi River. When the indigenous tribes balked, Jackson offered treaties that promised a farm to each of an Indian family in exchange for the remaining land. Mary Elizabeth Young details the repercussions of these treaties for American Indians and Anglo-Indian relations. Few if any Indians ever saw that promised farmland, but the United States received its share-and more.Young, Mary Elizabeth. is the author of 'Redskins Ruffleshirts and Rednecks Indian Allotments in Alabama and Mississippi, 1830-1860' with ISBN 9780806134352 and ISBN 0806134356.
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