Takaki a different mirror5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Enraged some of the Creeks began to seek revenge, when the news got back to Jackson he had soldiers go out and “calm” the situation. Natives were stripped of their rights and their land. Jackson got a hold of twenty-five hundred acres for only $100, he later sold half of the property for $312, making a huge profit. Jackson did just that and in 1814 the land was open to white citizens. If they were to become farmers, Jefferson could benefit off their profit as well as benefit from the money of their territories. The year was 1803, President Thomas Jefferson wrote to political leader Jackson suggesting to have the Indians sell their “useless” forest and become farmers. ![]() This was a strategy used to take land away from the Creeks, Chickasaws and Choctows. ![]() In chapter 4 of Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror, Takai brings to light the land-allotment program. ![]()
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