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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.
Jackson backed an Indian removal bill in Congress. Members of Congress like Davy Crockett argued that Jackson violated the Constitution by refusing to enforce treaties that guaranteed Indian land rights. But Congress passed the removal law in the spring of 1830.