Tour The Hermitage
It is now a historical museum located 10 miles east of Nashville. The 1,000-acre site was owned by Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, from 1804 until his death in 1845. Jackson was laid to rest on the property, after living there. intermittently until he retired from public life in 1837.
Enslaved men, women, and children, numbering nine at the plantation's purchase in 1804 and 110 at Jackson's death, worked at the Hermitage and were principally involved in growing cotton, its major cash crop. It is a National Historic Landmark.
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