Imagining the Agony of Removal
LaDonna BrownLaDonna Brown reflects on the unimaginable concept of her ancestors being wrenched from their homelands and from all that they knew. Though they had no way of knowing exactly what Indian Territory would be like, they were sure it would be dramatically different from what they were used to.
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