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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Greeneville, TN
This site preserves the homes, tailor shop, and grave of Andrew Johnson, the 17th U.S. President. While primarily focusing on his life, the NPS page mentions his emancipation of enslaved people in Tennessee as military governor, making it relevant to African American heritage.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that enslaved and oppressed people accepted their condition. Every stone here is evidence of refusal.
Themes
Sources
National Park Service
Before & After This Era
← Before · Early Republic
→ After · Jim Crow
Sites in Conversation
"Both part of: Reconstruction"
"Both part of: American Civil War"
"Both part of: American Civil War"