Unless I'm completely misreading the sentences, you've mixed Andrew *Johnson* and Andrew *Jackson* above.
Johnson in the first two statements; Jackson was behind the earlier "Trail of Tears". I'm unclear what Ellison's comment about the Trail of Tears means here - it may be missing the needed context or I'm just not understanding it well.
Unless I'm completely misreading the sentences, you've mixed Andrew *Johnson* and Andrew *Jackson* above.
Johnson in the first two statements; Jackson was behind the earlier "Trail of Tears". I'm unclear what Ellison's comment about the Trail of Tears means here - it may be missing the needed context or I'm just not understanding it well.