The site was discovered at The Hermitage, the home of former President Andrew Jackson. Credit ... They worked the fields, cared for the mansion and its residents and plied skilled trades like ...

Jackson's tomb and the Old Hermitage Church. Behind the mansion's luxury was the work of enslaved people Jackson purchased to labor on his property – as many as 150 at once. Visitors can walk ...

Jackson brought nine enslaved people with him when he bought the property where he would build The Hermitage ... cared for the mansion and its residents and plied skilled trades like blacksmithing ...

Jackson brought nine enslaved people with him when he bought the property where he would build The Hermitage, and he owned about 150 people at the time of his death, Guzzi said. They worked the fields ...