Thank you for sharing this information. I was unaware there were so many slave owners. I was aware of the earliest presidents but not the later one. However, Andrew Jackson should not have surprised me. He was generally an a$$. What he did to the indigenous people was horrific.
It’s interesting to me that those who opposed it didn’t have a problem with owning them. As for Jefferson and his “mistress” - that’s a romantic notion that makes white people feel better.
Thank you for sharing this information. I was unaware there were so many slave owners. I was aware of the earliest presidents but not the later one. However, Andrew Jackson should not have surprised me. He was generally an a$$. What he did to the indigenous people was horrific.
It’s interesting to me that those who opposed it didn’t have a problem with owning them. As for Jefferson and his “mistress” - that’s a romantic notion that makes white people feel better.
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