I do not think that the Indian Removal Act was a “benevolent policy.” It was not fair of the United States government to remove the Native Americans from their ancestral homelands. Also, it was not fair to view the tribes as an uncivilized and inferior group of people. The Native Americans were forcibly relocated at gunpoint by the US Army. They were also made to suffer a harsh winter, starvation, and sicknesses. The US government turned a blind eye to the deaths of many Native Americans in this migration.
