The essay should be typed, double spaced, and written in standard Oxford English paragraph format. Citations may be put either in Chicago Manual Style or be parenthetical and in text. This first reflective essay should be at least 1000 words.
For Essay 3 you will utilize Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), Worcester v. Georgia (1832), The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Constitutional Amendment XIV, the Slaughterhouse Cases, and Elk v. Wilkins
Essay 3 should explore the following theme: In the mid-19th Century the United States is radically and rigorously rethinking its citizenship and the legal definition of who “belonged” as part of the United States. This conversation was being pushed along primarily by the issues of slavery and emancipation, yet Indians are caught up in the redefinition of citizenship. How are Americans thinking differently about their relationship to Indians over time, and why are Indians excluded even as others are included?