We showed up ready to drag Andrew Jackson—and somehow left kinda rooting for the guy.
Before he was torching democracy and flexing executive power like a toddler with a crown, Jackson was a dirt-poor, rage-powered teen orphan with a scar on his face and a grudge against the British.
In this jaw-dropping origin story, Kyle and Eric trace how this scrappy frontier misfit went from bootless brawler to war hero, courtroom enforcer, and surprise national darling.
He lost his whole family, got stabbed in the face, shot inthe chest, and still managed to climb the ranks, write a stateconstitution, and casually steal Florida. Like him or not, the man did not come to play.
Come for the chaos. Stay for the uncomfortable empathy.
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Semper Fidelis by Heftone Banjo Orchestra, Free MusicArchive, license CC-BY-SA
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Portrait: Jengod, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Abolition Poster: Boston Public Library, CC BY 2.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Waxhaw, NC map: The original uploader was Seth Ilys atEnglish Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons
Brave Boy: published by Currier and Ives, circa 1876, Publicdomain, via Wikimedia Commons
Rachel Donelson Jackson: Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl,Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Duel: Unidentified illustrator, Public domain, viaWikimedia Commons
Jean Lafitte: anonymous, Public domain, via WikimediaCommons
General Jackson: John Wesley Jarvis, CC0, via WikimediaCommons
Battle of New Orleans: Kurz & Allison., Public domain,via Wikimedia Commons
Battle of Horseshoe Bend: The New York Public Library,Digital Gallery [1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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