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Andrew Jackson: “Submitting to the laws of the States, and receiving, like other citizens, protection in their persons and property, they…”

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Submitting to the laws of the States, and receiving, like other citizens, protection in their persons and property, they will ere long become merged in the mass of our population.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson believes that Native Americans will eventually assimilate into the broader population if they accept state laws and protections.

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