Trail of Tears English

Meaning Trail of Tears meaning

What does Trail of Tears mean?

Trail of Tears properNoun

— (historical) The route followed by American Indians moved from their homelands in the southeastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi river by the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

trail of tears noun

— A forced removal of American Indian or First Nation peoples, or other alleged injustice against them, like the original Trail of Tears.