Andrew Jackson And Lyncia Analysis

Jackson from trying to kill natives to now rescuing them? The answer might be in the next two letters between Andrew Jackson and his wife. In a letter from Rachel Donelson Jackson to Andrew Jackson, dated March 21, 1814, she writes about the relationship of Andrew and Lyncia [Lyncola], “he [Andrew] is well talks very much of his Little Lyncaia [Lyncola]” In this particular letter we are seeing the Native American baby being treated as a family member not as a servant or slave. To further this assumption is the letter from Rachel Jackson to Andrew Jackson dated April 7, 1814 she writes, “…your Little Andrew is well Is much pleased with his Charley. I think him a fine Boy indeed.” When you read this information in the letters, you don’t really feel like Jackson adopted the kids to be part of the family but more as a pet or companion. …show more content…
If that is true, then why did Andrew Jackson start calling Lincoya son in his April 8, 1818 letter to his wife Rachel” Andrew Jackson had genuine affection for Lincoya and planned to send him to military school. Even from his memories printed in 1845 said, “…named him Lincoyer…raised him…as if he had been his own son.” Having this knowledge of him adopting Lincoya does not prove that he would pass such an unprecedented and discriminatory law when he would he become president of the United States. However, according to David Howe Walker in his book, What Hath God Wrought, Andrew Jackson calls the baby a savage in a letter to his wife and adoption of Native American children was common. The secondary source from Walker and the primary sources of letters from Andrew Jackson and Rachel Jackson is