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Greetings, Alongside Gordon-Reed's win for the Hemmingses was Meacham's for his largely celebratory account of Andrew Jackson's presidency. I was wondering whether the list members shared my puzzlement at the elevation of two, almost mutually opposing accounts of U.S. legal history. Jackson was a key founder of what Alexander Saxton rightfully popularized as the White Man's Republic, a society, politics, and military expansionism based on slavery. What was more, Jackson was a chief justice of Tennessee's Supreme Court and a slave trader at various points in his career. How can we celebrate him at the same time we lament the fate of Thos. Jefferson's other family? Best, Williamjames Williamjames Hull Hoffer Associate Professor, History Department Seton Hall University Williamjames.Hoffer@shu.edu 973-762-0652
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