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Hannah Jackson (1792 or 1801 – 1895) was an African American woman who worked as a house slave for the seventh U.S. president Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel. She was present at both their deaths. She was interviewed twice late in her life for her stories about Jackson and is thought to be the source of some of the stories told about his life.
"Stop the Runaway. Fifty Dollars Reward." Andrew Jackson offered to pay extra for more violence (The Tennessee Gazette, October 3, 1804) In 1822, John Coffee offered a $50 reward for the return of Gilbert, who had run away from Jackson's plantation near present-day Tuscumbia, Alabama); Gilbert was killed by an overseer in 1827, which became a campaign issue in the 1828 presidential election [1]
Andrew Jackson Hutchings - Son of Jackson's nephew-by-marriage and slave-trading business partner John Hutchings. He was taken to the Hermitage at age six, [18] grew up there as one of the "three Andrews," and elaborately carved his initials into the side of a wooden desk drawer which is on occasional display for Hermitage tours.
Andrew Jackson slave sales Name Age Est. birthdate Sale date Price and present-day value (group) Price and present-day value (individual) Location Buyer Witness(es) Notes Betty [254] [245] 35: c. 1765: December 27, 1800: US$550: US$225: County of Pickering: Abraham Green: Jn. Hutchings, S. Lewis: Betty and Hannah were mother and daughter ...
Hutchings was Jackson's wife's sister's son. John Hutchings (c. 1775 – November 20, 1817) was a nephew by marriage of American slave trader, militia leader, and U.S. president Andrew Jackson. He was Jackson's partner in his general stores, [1] and his slave-trading operation. [2]
Elected officials in Missouri's Jackson County are adding plaques to statues of the Kansas City area county's namesake noting that the nation's seventh president was a slave owner and forced ...
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaws region of the Carolinas. His parents were Scots-Irish colonists Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth Hutchinson, Presbyterians who had emigrated from Ulster, Ireland, in 1765. [1]
Gilbert escaped from an Andrew Jackson slave-labor camp near Big Spring in Alabama in 1822. Gilbert (c. 1785 – August 28, 1827) was an American man enslaved by Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States. One of the affiants in the case of his death described him as a man of "strong sense and determined character."