The 5 Reasons Why Andrew Jackson was a Cruel Slaveholder
The 7th President of the United States made his fortune from slavery
Andrew Jackson bought The Hermitage plantation (Tennessee) in 1804 and ensured that slaves worked tirelessly picking cotton. By the time of his death in 1845, he owned 150 slaves.
In the 18th Century, the dominant view was that racial characteristics were irrelevant (all men are created equal) which led to the abolition of slavery in Northern states.
Southern states wanted to cling to the peculiar institution for economic reasons.They managed to found a way to validate this system by shamefully defining black people as members of the subhuman species. They could therefore retain the entire egalitarian philosophy (all white men are created equal).
Jackson was a staunch defender of slavery and was oblivious to his alarming treatment of slaves. It is thus important to list the five aspects that define his cruelty towards black people.
Slaves lived in tiny cabins
They were quartered in three different locations around The Hermitage. The domestic slaves lived in the backyard, the field slaves in the field quarters and the skilled ones in the first Hermitage (a minuscule copy of the main house).
