Andrew Jackson Life Under Slavery Analysis

(Part 4: Antebellum slavery) A glimpse into the life of plantation slaves in the mid-1800’s is troubling to say the least. Every plantation owner dictated independently the type of environment that the slavers were to live in. There were no rules or regulation for treating slaves after they were purchased. Merciful slave masters let black slave communities grow and exist inside the plantation, which led to African-Christian practices as well as a sense of human-worth by letting the slaves tend to gardens and do other tasks other than physical labor. Unfortunately, this scenario might have been statistically uncommon in the larger scheme of plantations. The Weeping Time: March of 1857. Men, women, and children, (436 in total) were auctioned

And 88% of those slave owners had 20 slaves or less. Why is the south so prominently known for large slave plantations when so few existed? (‘few’ being relative to the total amount of plantations in the south at the time)

(Part 4: Westward Expansion) Westward expansion was the buzz topic in America around the time Andrew Jackson was being elected president. A general American ideology was that of the Manifest Destiny, an idea that served as the foundation for motivation to extend into the western territories in North America. Many Indian nations suffered from the movement, and Indians that decided to stand their ground and protect their homeland were faced with battle. Indian Removal: A piece of legislation was passed in 1830 called the Indian Removal Act which gave power to the president to remove Indian tribes living on the eastern side of the Mississippi in exchange for new land in the west, or as a compromise, have the opportunity to become citizens of the United States, but obviously some Indian tribes were not willing to simply leave their home or become citizens of the US. Andrew Jackson was president during this campaign and ultimately forced Indian nations to leave their residences one way or

Northern whites inflicted hate upon the african communities and some northern states didn’t even allow blacks to reside on their land at all. It is interesting that before 1800 free African men had all of the normal rights of citizenship. The country started to divide over the issue of slavery and it forced Africans into the middle of two warring factions, the North and South. (Part 4: The Civil War) The growing rift between the north and south over slavery ultimately led to the beginning of the civil war. It was a very turbulent time for the country as well as the commander in chief, Abraham Lincoln. He was elected into the office of a torn and completely divided country. -- The last words from John A. Copeland to his family display truly how desperately people disliked slavery. “...we shall not be parted by the demands of the cruel and unjust monster Slavery.” People were willing to sacrifice their lives in the name of justice, and as a result the Civil War was as bloody as it turned out to