The rhetoric of removal and the trail of tears: Cherokee speaking against Jackson's Indian removal policy, 1828–1832

• William M. Strickland ^[1]
  1. [1] University of South Carolina

     University of South Carolina

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 47, nº 3, 1981, págs. 292-309
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The author examines Cherokee rhetorical efforts to prevent the forced removal of Cherokees from their native lands east of the Mississippi, a removal which later became known as “The Trail of Tears.” The essay analyzes rhetorical strategies employed by Cherokee speakers and advances conclusions relative to why these strategies failed