Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Cherokee Trail of Tears')
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The Cherokee Trail of Tears bean (Phaseolus vulgaris ‘Cherokee Trail of Tears’) is a heirloom bean with strong ties to the Cherokee Nation. Therefore, the likely geographical location or native region of origin is the **southeastern United States**, specifically the ancestral lands of the Cherokee people, which historically included areas of present-day:
* **North Carolina**
* **Tennessee**
* **Georgia**
* **Alabama**
* **South Carolina**
The bean is named in remembrance of the forced removal of the Cherokee people from their ancestral lands in the 1830s, known as the Trail of Tears. The story is that the seeds were carried by the Cherokee people during this tragic event.