Andrew Jackson was born 250 years ago this March ... If Jackson had not owned slaves — if he had been a failure as a planter, say — he would not have won the confidence of those around him.

He was also a military hero, a slave-owner, a lawyer, a judge and a planter, who earned the nickname “Old Hickory” for his tenacity. Read more: Andrew Jackson’s Lessons for Donald Trump Here ...

Andrew Jackson lay gasping in his bed at home in ... Yet he was a remorseless slaveholder who chased gentleman-planter status. He was a merciless remover of Indians yet a tender collector of ...

3, 1827, when the party from South Carolina drew up at the Hermitage, Andrew ... called “the planter, the farmer, the mechanic and the laborer”—could rise to prosperity. Jackson could ...

Andrew Jackson’s story is one of unlikely success ... the youthful Carolinian was an elderly planter in Tennessee on the eve of his 62nd birthday. Jackson was a slaveholder on his Hermitage ...

In an interview with SiriusXM’s Salena Zito that aired Monday, President Donald Trump repeatedly made reference to Andrew Jackson as a sort of North Star for his own presidency. He also ...

In lieu of presenting evidence of voter fraud, Trump may return to the Andrew Jackson comparisons that ... of Creek land for slaveholding cotton planters while also humbling the hated British ...

They sided with Andrew Jackson against the Creeks ... it was not merely the result of the diabolical machinations of the planter class, or the devilish handiwork of politicians, but of the ...

This Jackson was a planter who built his wealth and influence ... If Donald Trump channels any vision of Andrew Jackson, it’s the latter one, from his anti-immigration message rooted in the ...