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Lyncoya Jackson, born in 1812, [2] also known as Lincoyer, was a Creek Indian child adopted and raised by U.S. President Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel Jackson. Born to Creek ( Muscogee / Red Stick) parents, he was orphaned during the Creek War after the Battle of Tallushatchee.
29 de abr. de 2016 · Lyncoya was a Creek orphan who survived the massacre of his village by Jackson's troops in 1813. Jackson brought him to his home in Tennessee and raised him as his son, but his motives were complex and controversial.
26 de ene. de 2023 · Lyncoya was an infant orphaned in a village attack ordered by Jackson in 1813. He was taken in by Jackson and renamed, but his fate and feelings are unknown.
16 de jun. de 2019 · Retropolis. Andrew Jackson slaughtered Indians. Then he adopted a baby boy he’d orphaned. The future president referred to Lyncoya as his son. But some historians don’t think he qualified for...
Did Jackson really adopt Lyncoya, a Creek orphan, after killing his family in a massacre? Historian Dawn Peterson explores the political and ideological motives behind this act of assimilative adoption.
5 de oct. de 2022 · Lyncoya was a survivor of the Battle of Tullushatchee in 1813, where American forces killed many Creek men and women. He was taken to the Hermitage, the home of Andrew and Rachel Jackson, who felt sympathy for the boy and hoped to educate him.
Jackson adopted “Lyncoya” and sent him to be raised among his family, noting to his wife Rachel that he felt an “unusual sympathy” for the orphan. What could possibly explain this action—made by the same man who prosecuted the war that orphaned this boy in the first place?
