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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.
sweetie is correct in her answer. lincoln did not want to come right out and abolish slavery. it was a state issue not a federal one. while he was opposed to the idea and the practice, he felt that the states where it was legal, the states themselves should be the ones to abolish it, not washington. thumbs up to sweetie.