Name:   GoneFishin - Subject:   Civil War revisited Date:   5/1/2017 10:44:08 PM

Guess he was a businessman like Trump. A wheeler and dealer. He was also the founder of the Democratic party.

"The primary crop was cotton, grown by enslaved workers. Starting with nine slaves, he held as many as 44 by 1820 and later held up to 150 slaves, making him among the planter elite. Throughout his lifetime Jackson may have owned as many as 300 slaves.