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.
Many on the side of the south argued that it wasn't slavery that they were fighting for; it was states' rights. They argued that each state should have the right to decide the slavery issue on its own without having Washington dictate what they could or could not do.hare to: The north had opposed the extension of slavery because they didn't want the 'inhumane' segregation to spread the the newer joining territories/states.