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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.
[29] [30] Less specific was a rumor of Jackson having "colored blood", meaning having "Negro" ancestry; [31] this rumor was unproven. President Jackson's father was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in current-day Northern Ireland, around 1738. [32] Scholars Hendrik Booraem, Robert Remini, and H. W. Brands have agreed he had no black ...
[275] In 1809, Washington Jackson had a store in Natchez, where he had an extensive inventory, including a "first rate new keel boat, 25 tons burden, with poles and oars" advertised for sale in September, [276] and where he sold a slave woman prone to "fits" to a "free French" woman of color on behalf of Andrew Jackson in December. [277]
Rachel Jackson (née Donelson; June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. [1] [2] She lived with him at their home at the Hermitage, where she died just days after his election and before his inauguration in 1829—therefore she never served as first lady, a role assumed by her niece, Emily Donelson.
Seas of bright signs emblazoned with “Confirm KBJ” and “My Justice, she’s Black” have been erected as symbols of hope by Black women around the U.S. Capitol and in front of the Supreme ...
Kamala Harris, the first Black woman in her role, just broke a record held by an outspoken slaveholder. ... who served from 1825 to 1832 under Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, when ...
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency , he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress .
Harris is poised to be the first Black woman to be a major party's presidential candidate, and Jackson Lee became one of Congress' most prominent Black women during nearly three decades ...