NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At least 26 enslaved people died on the Tennessee plantation of President Andrew Jackson between 1804 and the end of the Civil War in 1865. Where they were laid to rest ...
Andrew, then thirteen years old ... Soon after the death of his brother, Jackson’s mother died of cholera and Jackson was orphaned at the age of 14. The deaths of his family members led to his ...
click image for close-up In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy ... Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died. This picture, The Trail of Tears, was painted ...