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John Forsyth, Against Minority Peoples

John Forsyth served in the House of Representatives and the Senate representing the state of Georgia. He was also the 33rd Governor of the state of Georgia. He was later appointed as Secretary of State by Andrew Jackson. He was a slaveowner and also committed other heinous acts against minority peoples.

For instance, he supported the Indian Removal act where many indigenous people were forcibly removed from their homelands. As Secretary of State, he also led the government response to the Amistad case, which arose after kidnapped slaves from the Sierra Leone overtook their slave ship and ended up in the middle of a Supreme Court Case which ended up aiding the abolitionist freedom movement.