Stories behind the Trail of Tears for every state it passed through

Ed Lallo // Getty Images Markers and remnants of the Trail of Tears stretch as a series of scars across the American landscape. The trail's facilitators stand as a representation of America at its worst; its captives a mark of stunning resiliency in t...

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