
Jeffrey St. Clair @JSCCounterPunch
Jackson's commander in chief, James Madison, owned more than 100 slaves and refused to free any of them in his will. Jackson himself owned more than 200 slaves and was a slave trader. Like Madison, Jackson refused to free any slaves, even as late as his death in 1837. — PolitiTweet.org
Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle
Andrew Jackson rose to national prominence after the war of 1812. In his campaign against the Creek Red Sticks his… https://t.co/aRYosJhPtA