The True Story of the Louisiana Purchase Is One of Shameful Plunder of Native American Lands
Slate logo Sign In Sign Up SlateHistoryThen, again.March 1 2017 5:45 AM The United States didn’t buy a huge tract of land from France. It bought the right to displace Native Americans from that land. By Robert Lee Wikimedia Commons/White House Historical Association It’s a familiar chapter in our history, part of the triumphant narrative of westward expansion: In 1803, the United States bought a massive chunk of North America, and we got it for a song. Spain had ceded the Louisiana Territory to France... Читать дальше...