Treaty of Cusseta (1832)

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The Treaty of Cusseta (1832) was an agreement in which the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ceded most of its remaining lands in Alabama to the United States, leading to the forced removal of many Creek people to Indian Territory.

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Treaty of Cusseta (1832) canonical 4
Treaty of Cusseta 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Native American treaty ⓘ
removal-era treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
affectedArea Alabama ⓘ
Creek Nation lands east of the Mississippi River ⓘ
appliesTo Muscogee (Creek) people ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1832 ⓘ
destinationOfRemovedPeople Indian Territory ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
ethnicGroupAffected Muscogee (Creek) ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
hasConsequence expansion of plantation agriculture in former Creek lands ⓘ
loss of sovereignty for Creek communities in Alabama ⓘ
migration of Creek survivors to Indian Territory ⓘ
hasSignatory Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
United States ⓘ
historicalEra Antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
historicalSignificance contributed to the broader pattern of Southeastern Native American removal ⓘ
marked near-complete loss of Creek landholdings in Alabama ⓘ
involves transfer of land titles from Creek Nation to the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasisFor removal of Creek people from Alabama ⓘ
legalStatus ratified treaty of the United States ⓘ
locationSigned Cusseta, Alabama ⓘ
mainSubject Muscogee (Creek) land in Alabama ⓘ
forced removal of Native Americans ⓘ
land cession ⓘ
motiveOfUnitedStates acquisition of Native American land in the Southeast ⓘ
removal of Native Americans from desirable agricultural land ⓘ
partOf Indian removal in the United States ⓘ
U.S. Indian removal policy of the 1830s ⓘ
precededBy earlier Creek land cession treaties ⓘ
relatedTo Indian Removal Act of 1830 ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) removal to Indian Territory ⓘ
Trail of Tears ⓘ
result cession of most remaining Creek lands in Alabama ⓘ
dispossession of Muscogee (Creek) landholdings ⓘ
forced removal of many Creek people to Indian Territory ⓘ
opening of Creek lands in Alabama to white settlement ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
Jacksonian era ⓘ
typeOfAgreement land cession treaty ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Creek (Muscogee) Nation → signedTreaty → Treaty of Cusseta (1832) ⓘ
Creek ancestral homeland → affectedByEvent → Treaty of Cusseta (1832) ⓘ
Creek → signedTreaty → Treaty of Cusseta ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Cusseta (1832)
Creek–American relations → includesAgreement → Treaty of Cusseta (1832) ⓘ
Creek Indian territory → affectedByEvent → Treaty of Cusseta (1832) ⓘ