Did the early Presidents really own slaves?

Answer 1

Yes, just to name a few: Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, and George Washington.

Answer 2

Yes. Thomas Jefferson actually designed his house so that he would almost never have to look at his house slaves. He had a longerm relationship with one of them, Sally Heming, and their descendants are part of the Jefferson family to this day.

Answer 3

Yes. Thomas Jefferson even has many descendants from the children he had by a slave he owned.

Answer 4

Yeps. Of course. Some of the Presidents had sexual relationships with the female slaves. Of course, they kept that secret.

Answer 5

There were slaves owned by the White House until Lincoln ended the practice. So even if they were technically the property of the republic the Presidents proceding him didn't stop it.

Answer 6

Yes. That is one reason for the prominence of Jefferson and Washington among the african american population. Interesting fact, both Washington and Jefferson freed all their slaves when they died.

Answer 7

Thomas Jefferson had almost 200. They were well treated, for slaves, but they were still slaves.

Answer 8

yes, infact President Jefferson used to have relations with many of his slaves.

Answer 9

There are a great many sources which support this. Slavery was a fact of life and thoughts of its immorality only beginning during the first years of America.

Answer 10

yes...George Washington was a plantation owner but he let them go...Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner who tried to make slavery illegal, however he was a hypocrite because he never freed his slaves.