(Committee on Indian Affairs); Bell, John. - Removal of Indians: February 24, 1830. Accompanied by a Bill (No. 287) Which Was Twice Read, and Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union--and Ten Thousand Copies of Report and Bill Ordered to Be Printed. : Mr. Bell, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, Made the Following Report...

[Washington, D.C.: Printed by Duff Green, 1830], 1830]. THE BILL THAT TRIGGERED THE TRAIL OF TEARS - Octavo, 9 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed self-wrappers. Once likely bound, there are stab marks and tiny remnants of paper along the spine. 32 pages. There is some scattered foxing, particularly to the cover page and last page, and the last page is partially detached. Good.

First edition (Sabin 34663).

Bill No. 287 was "A bill to provide for the removal of the Indian tribes within any of the states and territories, and for their permanent settlement west of the river Mississippi."--p. 31-32. The bill, known as The Indian Removal Act of 1830, was supported by President Andrew Jackson, white southerners and some state governments, particularly Georgia. Jackson signed it into law on May 28, 1830. As a result, more than 60,000 Native Americans from 18 tribes were forcibly removed from their homes in an act of state-sponsored ethnic cleansing and suffered a dangerous journey westward which became known as the Trail of Tears.

At head of title: 21st Congress, 1st session. [Rep. no. 227.] Ho. of Reps. Duff Green was printer to the House during the 21st Congress, 1st session.

Rare in commerce. Good .

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