Major Ridge (ca. 1771-1839) was a major Cherokee political leader during the removal era. He was among the signers of the Treaty of New Echota, which ceded all Cherokee land in the Southeast.
Major Ridge
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Courtesy of the Birmingham Public Library, Southern History Room
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