Latest news from Benicia, CA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Ancestries: Irish (6.8%), German (6.7%), English (6.1%), Italian (4.2%), American (4.1%), European (2.0%). Current Local Time: PST time zone. Elevation: 33 feet.
Report Abuse. 1  Andrew Jackson And Slaves. Source(s): https://shorte.im/a0dPj. 2  From what I know I would say he was but then Jackson was a breed all his own the why he had a decade named after him. The Jacksonian era and in the war of 1812 he served beside slaves and carribs.
Lincoln did not end slavery in America. Remember, well before Lincoln was ever born slavery was already illegal in many states, especially in New England. Also, the Constitution had already ended the slave trade by 1808. The famed Emancipation Proclamation, which Lincoln did issue, only declared slaves in rebel-held territory free, which was, in a practical sense, ineffectual. It also did not apply to Confederate territory already captured by Union forces.