Andrew Jackson and slavery

Not to be confused with Andrew Johnson and slavery.

Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president, was a slave owner and slave trader. Unlike previous slaveowning presidents Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, Jackson "never questioned the morality of slavery." Existing records show that Jackson and his immediate heirs owned 325 slaves between 1788 through 1865. Jackson personally owned 95 people when he was first sworn in as the U.S. president and 150 at the time of his death in 1845. Only 0.1% of southern slaveowner families owned 100 or more slaves at the time of the American Civil War.

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