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"Uncle Dick," Windsor Plantation, Alabama, 1915



"At eighty-two,[he] is still on the Windsor plantation, whither he was brought early in life" (Matthews)



Why was he still on the plantation? Did they pay him wages? Why was he still on the plantation? Did they pay him wages? Click to expand...

Alfred Jackson was born into slavery at the Hermitage around 1812. He married Gracey, another slave and seamstress on the property. He stayed on as caretaker and even tour guide following the takeover by the Ladies Hermitage Association in 1889. In 1901, he was laid to rest, at his own request, near the tomb where President & Mrs. Jackson now lie. He wanted to remain close to the President just as he had in life.Uncle Alfred's cabin is the only slave quarters that still remain on the Hermitage property. Following the state of Tennessee's enactment of the emancipation amendment to it's constitution in January 1865, Uncle Alfred went on living with the Jackson's for "freedom" meant nothing to him. Even when it was taken over by the LHA, he still remained and to eject him from the property was never a consideration.I'm sure there were others who stayed, for whatever reason.