United States List of concentration and internment camps
1 united states 1.1 indigenous people 1.2 american civil war 1.3 philippines 1.4 german-americans during world war i 1.5 japanese-, german-, italian-americans , native alaskans during world war ii 1.6 vietnam war 1.7 afghan war , occupation of iraq united states indigenous people the first large-scale confinement of specific ethnic group in detention centers began in summer of 1838, when president martin van buren ordered u.s. army enforce treaty of new echota (a native american removal treaty) rounding cherokee prison camps before relocating them. called emigration depots , 3 main ones located @ ross s landing (chattanooga, tennessee), fort payne, alabama, , fort cass (charleston, tennessee). fort cass largest, on 4,800 cherokee prisoners held on summer of 1838. many died in these camps due disease, spread rapidly because of close quarters , bad sanitary conditions: see trail of tears. throughout remainder of indian wars, various populations of native americans rounded up, trekked ac...