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TIL Alfred Jackson, who was Pres. Andrew Jackson’s slave, was born in the Hermitage, lived his whole life there even after he was freed, worked as a tour guide of the place, had his funeral in the mansion and was also buried there, next to Pres. Jackson’s tomb

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