Pressure driven largely by the federal government as well as speculators and privateers to acquire native land and dispossessed native people from their homeland. Cially under andrew jackson, is a sense that native people, for their own good need be removed to, make way for white settlers and for the expansion of cotton. The scot is talking about the indian removal proper. Best known, better probably better known as a disposition act. There committed to moving Indigenous People so from georgia, florida, the carolinas, from arkansas people moved west so when it says is good reason to head south, its a big reason god be the case. With one observation we tend to think about violent disposition of native americans especially in the west and tradition of western movies and smiles it depicts but the bloodiest war against american indians. There are three of them so the violent occupation of florida is very much part of the story of the modern self. I think one of the themes we work isbout in
At cspan. Org history. Tting heh three great good evening and welcome to the Atlanta History Center. Unclear family Vice President of the history center. Im here tonight with three great scholars and im very excited to have here at the Atlanta History Center tonight. Fitzhugh brundage and scotty nelson. Many contributors to this new volume, a new history of the american south. It just came out a couple weeks ago so we are very excited to be here in discussion with them tonight. Each are professors of history. Each have different areas of expertise so we have a lot of ground to cover tonight. And i will briefly introduce them and then we will jump in and fix is on the end and the editor of this wonderful bun. Is a professor of history at the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. So, welcome from North Carolina. Appreciate you being here. Sitting next to his john who teaches in American History at the university of florida and drove up from gainesville to join us. We are grateful
President shot back at claims that his administration was not running smoothly. Pres. Trump this administration is running like a finetuned machine, despite the fact that i cannot get my cabinet approved, and they are outstanding people. Alison joining me now from washington is ed okeefe of the washington post. Ed, welcome. Ed great to be with you, allison. Alison it was quite a day. Tell me a little bit more about alexander acosta, the new nominee for labor secretary. Ed well, he would be Donald Trumps first hispanic nominee to his cabinet, and a notable inclusion for a cabinet that so far, at least, did not include many other minorities. He is currently the dean of the law school of Florida International university and a former top federal prosecutor in south florida. He has held positions in the Justice Department before and has been confirmed to positions by the senate, so the white house feels that this one should be much more easy going man the puzder pick, which got caught up in
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