Andrew Jackson, man. Jackson was Donald Trump if Trump had personally killed people https://twitter.com/owillis/status/777119300129882112 …
straight up conquering Florida - without orders! - for the primary purpose of slaughtering Natives and escaped slaves
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More complicated than that. Monroe authorized. GA settlers being attacked by raiders from FL (not US territory at time)
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Again, check out Sean Wilentz, a respected (liberal) historian who has a very even handed take on Jackson.
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But inaccurate to say w/o orders (Monroe ordered him to stop Seminoles/gave broad authority) or that it was genocidal rampage
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