Trail Of Tears Argumentative Analysis
1. I agree that actions committed by the United States on the southeastern American Indians was ethnic cleansing. While viewing the assigned video, I determined two examples of ethnic cleansing. The passing of laws in Georgia restricting the land in which the Cherokee were allowed to inhabit served to concentrate them in a single area for the means of subjugation. Further laws were passed deeming the meeting of leading members to be illegal. Federal agents were also sent in to coerce Cherokee leaders into further giving up parts of their land. Arguably the most widely known evidence of racial cleansing revolves around the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears refers to the forced march of multiple Native American tribes to new lands predetermined by the U.S. government.
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During this relocation, they were subjected to freezing temperatures, disease, starvation, and cruelty dealt out by the militia leading them. These factors proved to be insurmountable for many Native Americans who eventually succumbed to this cruelty. An estimated 4000 Cherokee alone died before reaching their new lands.
2. The raid on Harpers Ferry by John Brown and his cohorts has showed the pro-slavery fools in the South that they cannot walk all over us. Brown was subsequently captured and put to death, but his beliefs will be carried on by us all. While these actions are not in the best interests of other, more diplomatically oriented abolitionists, it reflects that we are willing to take action and fight for what we know to be the greater good. Slavery as a whole is an immoral practice and must be stopped in order for our society to progress.
The murderer John Brown has finally been captured. He will soon be put on trial and his cancerous beliefs will be no more. This blood thirsty abolitionist was caught during an attempt to take Harpers Ferry. It is clear now that these abolitionists must resort to violence in order to spread their beliefs. Altogether, Brown and his men are responsible for the deaths of four soldiers at Harpers Ferry.
3.
The Civil War was an inevitability due to several factors creating a divide between the Northern and Southern States. The primary disagreement between the North and South was slavery. Slavery had become an essential cog in the Southern economic machine. Due to the North’s distaste for slavery, these conflicting viewpoints would not have remained at peace for long. Another factor which caused the inevitable road to war was the events in Kansas and Missouri. Better known as “Bleeding Kansas,” these skirmishes by pro-slavery southerners and abolitionists portrayed the passion behind these opposing beliefs. Both sides were willing to spill their own blood for their cause. The final inevitability deals with the Cotton Kingdom. Since the invention of the Gin, cotton had become a lucrative product for plantation owners. The selling of cotton had become such a large part of the Southern economy that opposition from the North regarding enslaved workers caused increased tensions between both sides. The differences between the North and South were too great for peace between them to last. In addition, Slavery was too deeply rooted in Southern economics and values that it could not be removed without
force.
During this relocation, they were subjected to freezing temperatures, disease, starvation, and cruelty dealt out by the militia leading them. These factors proved to be insurmountable for many Native Americans who eventually succumbed to this cruelty. An estimated 4000 Cherokee alone died before reaching their new lands.
2. The raid on Harpers Ferry by John Brown and his cohorts has showed the pro-slavery fools in the South that they cannot walk all over us. Brown was subsequently captured and put to death, but his beliefs will be carried on by us all. While these actions are not in the best interests of other, more diplomatically oriented abolitionists, it reflects that we are willing to take action and fight for what we know to be the greater good. Slavery as a whole is an immoral practice and must be stopped in order for our society to progress.
The murderer John Brown has finally been captured. He will soon be put on trial and his cancerous beliefs will be no more. This blood thirsty abolitionist was caught during an attempt to take Harpers Ferry. It is clear now that these abolitionists must resort to violence in order to spread their beliefs. Altogether, Brown and his men are responsible for the deaths of four soldiers at Harpers Ferry.
3.
The Civil War was an inevitability due to several factors creating a divide between the Northern and Southern States. The primary disagreement between the North and South was slavery. Slavery had become an essential cog in the Southern economic machine. Due to the North’s distaste for slavery, these conflicting viewpoints would not have remained at peace for long. Another factor which caused the inevitable road to war was the events in Kansas and Missouri. Better known as “Bleeding Kansas,” these skirmishes by pro-slavery southerners and abolitionists portrayed the passion behind these opposing beliefs. Both sides were willing to spill their own blood for their cause. The final inevitability deals with the Cotton Kingdom. Since the invention of the Gin, cotton had become a lucrative product for plantation owners. The selling of cotton had become such a large part of the Southern economy that opposition from the North regarding enslaved workers caused increased tensions between both sides. The differences between the North and South were too great for peace between them to last. In addition, Slavery was too deeply rooted in Southern economics and values that it could not be removed without
force.