After decades of searching, a significant discovery has been made at President Andrew Jackson’s property, The Hermitage. Experts found what they believe are 28 graves belonging to slaves.
Along the guided tour you'll see the main house, plus have (unguided) access to the garden, the quarters where enslaved people lived, Jackson's tomb and the Old Hermitage Church. Behind the ...
At least 26 enslaved people died on the Tennessee plantation of President Andrew Jackson between 1804 and the end of the Civil War in 1865. Where they were laid to rest is knowledge that had been lost ...