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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.
Congress agreed to lower the tariff, but also allowed President Jackson to use the military to enforce it. President Jackson agreed to withdraw troops from South Carolina which agreed to pay the tariff. Both Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun agreed not to run for president in 1836. Congress lowered the tariff in the southern states in exchange for a reduction in the number of slaves allowed. 23.