"""In this <a href=""""http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collections/5b37e65e-2c14-49ff-9503-140335505648"""">letter</a> to Hardy Cryer, a Methodist preacher in Sumner County, Tennessee, Andrew Jackson describes the flogging and subsequent escape of a slave named Cyrus. Jackson says that Cyrus has been found and """"shall not be abused, but he must be taught subordination.""""  Cryer may have been interested in buying Cyrus. The letter reveals that Jackson directly supervised his slaves, as did other American presidents such as Jefferson and Polk."""
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