Andrew Jackson as a Southerner
2015-06-06T21:05:29-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/33a/20150606211043003_hd.jpgMark Cheathem talked about his book Andrew Jackson, Southerner, a reassessment of President Jackson as a man who owned over 200 hundred slaves, married into an exclusive social order in Nashville, Tennessee, and headed a local militia, all qualifications for success in 19th century Southern culture.
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