Inside the Home of Andrew Jackson, ALL ACCESS!!! | History Traveler Episode 65

Wow!!!

Great job. Unfortunately Slaves stayed even after they were freed because they had no where to go having been born where they were enslaved. Many were put back into bondage if they left by another slave holder no different than an animal left on its own to wander. It’s still interesting part of history that was part of literally building this country

Gosh, it’s been over 45 years at least since we visited & it looks so different today! Great to see the updates.

As a very young child we lived near the Hermitage and used to visit every time relatives came to visit. Those visits are among some of my fondest memories. Thank you for this most excellent production. I'm 69 now, by-the-way! I was probably 5 - 8 years old when we used to visit.

How were you able to get into these rooms? See the candle of Charles corn Wallace, etc? When I went in 2019, I didn't see any of that, and rooms were blocked off so you couldn't enter. Very curious to know. Love the video

When try to speak about the Native American removal/theft of their lands….JUST STOP! Jackson wasn’t saving anyone. He stole 23 million acres of indigenous territory. Then murdered 25 thousand on the Trail of Tears. You want a video: WALK THE TRAIL

Walked in and i said that tacky af lol

LOL blocking this page after the "Jackson removed the Indians to protect them" LOOOOOL defending genocide

Emoluments Clause, buddy. Look, I'm sorry but Trail of Tears and revenge presidency. You walk in pointing to infractions against the Constitution. Sure John Quincy was a d*ck but you're going to have to put in more effort if you want to rehabilitate Jackson's image. Just ask Charles Dickinson, another d*ck. Jackson doesn't even hold up against the Treaty of Ghent. Most folks know what he is.

AWESOME BREATHTAKING

Seem to be well treated 😢 sure

$400 in 1850 would be over $17,000 today.

Have you ever learned about the history of who really controls the Presidents? We are seeing it today. Trump ran on what I thought was the strongest anti-war platform in my lifetime and then suddenly it's like he is not in control of his actions any more.

Alot of ppl dont know this but the bible prophesied Andrew jackson destroying gad and rueben which are the natuve American Indians

I understand what you were TRYING to say because I'm a subscriber and you speak with a lot of sincerity and empathy when it comes to the evils enacted upon Black folks in America, however I would like to point out there's no possible way to treat ANY enslaved person "well". The fact that they cannot leave on their own free will and are working for you for FREE is an unforgivable evil. Being "nice" to that person and calling them your family does not change that. I'd be interested to hear if his "Black family" in fact saw HIM as THEIR family as well.. or if they simply saw him as what he was.... their master who owned them and refused grant them their freedom. My guess would be the latter.

Surprised the looney left didn’t burn it down during the summer of love. Then again, they don’t know who he was except a pik on the $20 bill

Did Alfred go to the WH too?

$400 in the 1800s is equivalent to $10,000 today. So crazy. Lol

I hope that 💩 🔥

You can be well treated if you was a slave but i understand 😅

How demented do you have to be to call your property your “Black family”. Who the hell enslaves family? These people were truly psychotic.

"well treated slaves....."

If you’re looking for character flaws you are definitely at the right place haha. The man’s insecurities changed the country. Not unlike other people I could name. But at least Jackson had the nation’s best interest at heart most of the time

This was not a plantation, it was a forced labor camp!

Andrew Jackson was a brutal slaveholder who treated the people he enslaved as property and investments, using violence to maintain control. While he occasionally provided for basic needs to maintain productivity, he frequently ordered harsh punishments, including whipping, and placed advertisements for runaway slaves that encouraged further abuse.

Hermitage...lmao. Andrew Jackson was not a Hermit or a Monk. Why are you calling his house a Hermatage??? Its not. If that was the case then anyone could classify their home as a Hermitage. Lol. Come on man

why the hell do you feel the need to clarify you dont support slavery... what are you even implying? you think people who don't waste time saying that 3rd grader stuff support it? otherwise phenomenal video but i just cant fathom this stuff man. we have got to fix this terrible education system that created this myth of the evils of slavery. Im not saying slavery wasn't evil, but the fact we think it needs to be clarified constantly like theres even anyone really supporting it the past 100 years is crazy. and we were some of the most moral slavers in the history of mankind. Great that you actually pointed out he was a good man lol

Excellent video and enjoyable. It brought back memories of when I visited the Hermitage. I loved it so much and it remains my favorite presidential home. 😊

I am related to Andrew Jackson. This was super interesting. Still, I hate how he was such a prolific slave owner and a proponent of the confederacy. It breaks my heart .

Please don’t play that music. Distracts

I felt honored to see your video. I am a direct descendant of Andrew Jackson through his mother Elizabeth Hutchinson. Very proud of him and my roots.

Looks like a slave cabin

That has house electricity i seen the outlets. Its changed a lot since he passed. Its a tourist trap quick cash grab. Most of the original stuff was sold off years ago. Not the bed he died in. Frame yes bed no. Thats a newer mattress. Alfred still stayed in the shed for the rest of his time there. Slavery still went on illegally well into the 1900’s.

GREAT VIDEO 🇺🇸 THANK YOU FOR NOT BEING A WOKE ANTI-AMERICAN.

A well treated slave? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

"We are not going to defend slavery in any form" meanwhile your phone is made using slave labor in china. Hilarious.

We were talking of Jackson today, and I had the thought that in that era, a large number of countries leaders would not have moved the Native Americans, they would have enslaved the, killed them, or just let them all starve. We can't understand the mindset of those in that era of great US expansion, we know the outcome--they didn't. We all do the best we can. Great house!

A self made millionaire.

$400 back then is worth around $16,600 today.

For those who like U.S. Presidential history, it is very possible to tour 3 Presidential homes in 3 days, and it is well worth it. #11 James K. Polk in Columbia, #7 Andrew Jackson in Nashville, and #17 Andrew Johnson in Greenville. Both Polk and Johnson were proteges of Jackson. The drive between the three is also historical if you keep to the highways through small Tennessee towns that touch Civil War battlefields.

Please do more research on Andrew Jackson’s views and practices regarding enslavement. He may have had a closer relationship with some of the household slaves, but he practiced harsh punishments, separated families, and made a conscious decision to enslave human beings, considering he did it inherit his slaves. I too, visited the Hermitage, and came away with the knowledge that this was a place of human suffering.

Wall paper is not biblical. Of course most of the founding fathers were agnostic and some were just straight lucifierian

We have Andre Jackson State Park and Museum here in South Carolina! There is a statue of Jackson sitting on a black horse!

Why didn't you make it clear that there were black slave owners along with white ones or i almost forgot that slavery was started by blacks and continues today

The $400 for the Piano in 1814 would be worth about $7,300 in today's 2025 money.

The slave Alfred, whom you very briefly alluded to in your piece, was emancipated under the belief that he'd receive forty acres and a mule, as was all slave families. Following the assassination of Lincoln, President Johnson, who was very much a southern sympathizer, decided to renege on that arrangement. Being a 'history buff" you know this too. And you also know that the slave Alfred, was no doubt illiterate and certainly destitute. Where was he going to go? What was he going to do? It wasn't that the General loved him so, as to the reason why he remained, the poor man like (every) other former slave, had no choice but to stay and continue slaving for his massa, the General. 😶