Which statement correctly describes the Trail of Tears?

A.
It was the treacherous journey of Irish immigrants from New York to California.

B.
It was the forced resettlement of Cherokees to land west of the Mississippi.

C.
It was the compulsory repatriation of freed black slaves to Liberia.

D.
It was the ocean passage of kidnapped Africans sold into slavery in the New World.