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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.
Based on his well-documented research, he says 12 of our presidents owned slaves and eight of them owned slaves while serving as president. Zachary Taylor was the last sitting president to own slaves. Taylor owned 100 slaves and a Mississippi plantation, but he also opposed the extension of slavery to new territories. In 1850 the former Army general told a group of angry Southerners that if they seceded he would personally lead the Army and hang anyone taken in rebellion against the Union.