Andrew Jackson: “Our ancestors found them the uncontrolled possessors of these vast…”

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Our ancestors found them the uncontrolled possessors of these vast regions.

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Democratic · Tennessee

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Jackson notes that Native Americans were the original inhabitants of the land before European settlers arrived.

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Andrew Jackson: “Our ancestors found them the uncontrolled possessors of these vast regions.”