(July 31, 2012 at 11:55 am)Shell B Wrote: Lots of people had slaves back then. It does not make Andrew Jackson less of a good leader. George Washington had slaves.
Cool. Did George Washington illegally bring a small army of southern white men to a commune of free black farmers, in Florida, and brutally murder 270 men, women, children, giving away the survivors to whomever claimed to have owned their relatives? Because I don't think he did.
Let's not even forget the 23 million acres of Creek nation, which he stole, without approval from the U.S. government, that he sold to all his slave owning buddies, keeping most of the money for himself, of course.
George Washington was a brilliant military leader, and a decent president. I'm sure he was very flawed in many ways, but probably not Trail of Tears flawed. Just sayin'.
If he's Jackson is anyone's hero, they're fucked up.
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