Andrew Jackson statue defaced for 2nd time in downtown Jacksonville
The downtown Jacksonville statue of America’s seventh president has been defaced for the second time in two days.
This time the graffiti painted on the base of the Andrew Jackson statue in the traffic circle at North Laura and Water streets refers to the day 190 years ago that he signed the Indian Removal Act.
Red paint was thrown on the statute late Sunday or early Monday, with the words “slave owner” scrawled on the base of the statue of Jackson astride his horse. According to Biography.com, Jackson had about 150 slaves working at his Tennessee plantation at the time of his death in 1845.
Then early Tuesday morning, red paint was found smeared on the statue and base. The words on the base signify Jackson’s signing of a law authorizing Native-American tribes to be forcibly relocated, news partner First Coast News said.
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