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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: September 25, 2010
Caption: Andrew Jackson
Additional Description: This print based on a painting by Ralph E. Earl shows Andrew Jackson surveying his plantation in 1830 Earl accurately represented the mansion, fields to the north and east, and woodlot to the south of the mansion. The enslaved cared for Jackson’s livestock, field crops, and the Jackson family kitchen garden with its several varieties of vegetables, as well as Jackson’s fruit orchards. Jackson encouraged his slaves to cultivate their own gardens as well. In doing, he provided them a bit of freedom, but also reaped rewards in a reduced amount of food he had to supply.
Submitted: February 10, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p192329
File Size: 0.135 Megabytes

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