All of Chapter 2: Industrialization

The Industrial Revolution sparks struggles over land and labor in Appalachia

Covered Wagon Rocketship

Manifest Destiny, Then and Now

Trail of Tears

The colonial government forces the Cherokee people off their traditional lands at gunpoint

Trail of Tears Confrontation

Cherokee folks fight imminent removal through petitions, lawsuits, journalism, and armed resistance

Displacement by Force

Colonial soldiers tear up treaties and force Native folks to leave their traditional lands

Trail of Tears Departure

Cherokee folks forced from their traditional lands at gunpoint

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In the sky, a dense flock of colonizer birds are making their way from the industrializing East Coast to the Appalachian mountains

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Slave-owning birds and their captives emigrating to Appalachia

Land Grab

Powerful forces gain control of Appalachian timber and coal by any means necessary

Land Grab

Land grants, speculation, and the Broadform Deed take land out of the hands of those who live on it

Sabotage

A striking coal miner sabotages company equipment

Coal Town

The coal company boss owns the town and the people in it

Traditonal Medicines

Some of the plants used traditionally for medicine in Appalachia

Women's Organizing

Aunt Molly Jackson and other brave women of the coal fields

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colonizer birds displacing native nests