Editing Andrew Johnson (section)

=== Slaves ===
{{main|Andrew Johnson and slavery}}
In 1843, Johnson purchased his first slave, [[Dolly Johnson|Dolly]], who was 14 years old at the time. Dolly had three children—[[Elizabeth Johnson Forby|Liz]], [[Florence Johnson Smith|Florence]] and [[William Andrew Johnson|William]]. Soon after his purchase of Dolly, he purchased Dolly's half-brother [[Sam Johnson (Tennessee)|Sam]]. Sam Johnson and his wife Margaret had nine children. Sam became a commissioner of the [[Freedmen's Bureau]] and was known for being a proud man who negotiated the nature of his work with the Johnson family. Notably, he received some monetary compensation for his labors and negotiated with Andrew Johnson to receive a tract of land which Johnson gave him for free in 1867.<ref name="park"/>

[[File:Sam Johnson (Tennessee).jpg|thumb|In a 1928 Andrew Johnson biography, [[Sam Johnson (Tennessee)|Sam Johnson]] (~1830–after 1901) was described having been Johnson's "favorite slave"<ref name="Winston1928">
{{Cite book |last=Winston |first=Robert W. | author-link=Robert W. Winston |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4432643&seq=133 |title=Andrew Johnson, Plebeian and Patriot |date=1928 |publisher=H. Holt and company |location=New York |page=103 |language=en-us |via=[[HathiTrust]]}}</ref>]]

In 1857, Johnson purchased [[Henry Johnson (Tennessee)|Henry]], who was 13 at the time and would later accompany the Johnson family to the [[White House]]. Ultimately, Johnson owned at least ten slaves.<ref name="park">{{Cite web |date=July 24, 2020 |title=Slaves of Andrew Johnson |url=https://www.nps.gov/anjo/learn/historyculture/slaves.htm |access-date=January 21, 2022 |website=Andrew Johnson |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>

Andrew Johnson freed his slaves on August 8, 1863; they remained with him as paid servants. A year later, Johnson, as military governor of Tennessee, proclaimed the freedom of Tennessee's slaves. Sam and Margaret, Johnson's former slaves, lived in his tailor shop while he was president, without rent.<ref name="park" /> As a sign of appreciation for proclaiming freedom, Andrew Johnson was given a watch by newly emancipated people in Tennessee inscribed with "for his Untiring Energy in the Cause of Freedom".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Donhardt |first=Gary L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UW32n2HWwRIC&q=%22for+his+untiring+energy+in+the+cause+of+Freedom.%22&pg=PA55 |title=In the Shadow of the Great Rebellion |date=2007 |publisher=Nova Science Publishers |isbn=978-1-60021-086-0 |location=New York |page=55}}</ref>