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Trail of Tears

forced displacement of Five Civilized Tribes
Event ethnic_cleansing Q750448
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Summary

Trail of Tears is an ethnic cleansing[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of ethnic cleansing entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,440 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Continent: North America[4]
  • Instance of: forced march[5], forced displacement[6]
  • Part of: Indian removal[7]
  • Commons category: Trail of Tears[8]
  • Has part(s): Cherokee removal[9]
  • Participant: Five Civilized Tribes[10]
  • Has cause: Indian Removal Act[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Trail of Tears[12]
  • Number of participants: 46,000[13]
  • Start point: Southeastern United States[14]
  • Destination point: Indian Territory[15]
  • Different from: Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[17]

Why It Matters

Trail of Tears has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . pbs.org. Retrieved . pbs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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