By 1840, as a result of Indian removal,

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The Indian removal policies of the early 19th century, particularly under President Andrew Jackson, led to the forced relocation of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to areas west of the Mississippi River. This process not only facilitated the expansion of slavery and cotton cultivation into the Deep South but also reinforced racial definitions of American nationhood and freedom, emphasizing a vision of the United States as a white settler nation. The removal underscored the exclusion of Native Americans (and other non-white groups) from the American promise of freedom and democracy, thus reinforcing racial boundaries.

By 1840, as a Result of Indian Removal