ethnic cleansing is the systematic process of dismantling an established ethnic community to promote a more homogeneous state. the native americans who were subsequently forced from the southern united states during the trail of tears, are an example of the united states early attempts at manifest destiny. the five civilized nations, ironically named, were the tribes that were willing to play at the united states political level, thus they gained the aforementioned title. despite taking steps to civilize, the first generation inhabitants of the eastern mississippi were systematically driven from their home land. southern capital saw its economic prospects of the day yurn for new land to feed the burgeoning textile industry centered on slave labor. undeniably, the south was central to the creation of what is today the united states. slavery became not only an issue for the enslaved black man, but also for the alienated natives that were the first generation americans.

the constitutional convention in 1798 ended with a clause declaring that the united states congress could not outlaw slavery until 1808. in 1807 congress passed an amendment that banned the importation of slaves new years day of '08. from here we begin to gain a picture of the early half of the nineteenth century in america. a unified nation allowed for a strong federal force to clear out traditional native land for the new cotton industry that exploited the black slave from every step of his or her life.