John Andrew Jackson - Wife and Children

Wife and Children

Louisa lived in the plantation about a mile away. John and Louisa were unofficially married and had two children. John was prohibited from visiting his wife and children, but John would often sneak out and be with his wife and kids. When the master would find out, John would be whipped, but John persisted and continued to see his wife and children until his wife’s master moved to Georgia. John never saw his wife or children again. In 1846, after John Andrew was separated from his wife, he fled slavery. Later after he escaped to Canada, he remarried and had two more children with his second wife.

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