Did Johnny Appleseed own slaves?

No. Most Anericans didnt. Even in the Confederacy most people couldnt afford slaves. Only a small number of people, mostly rich land owners, owned slaves. Occasionally less wealthy might own one or two but the vast majority of people did not. read more

John Chapman 'Johnny Appleseed' belonged to a religious group that did not believe in slavery and Chapman was a missionary and orchard planter who traveled the land with few belongings for much of his life. read more

A hero of American folklore, Johnny Appleseed was said to be a barefoot wanderer with a tin pot hat, and a sack of apples, so he might leave the start of trees everywhere he went. But unlike his tall tale colleagues Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, Appleseed's story was based on a real man. read more

John Chapman (September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845), better known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, as well as the northern counties of present-day West Virginia. read more

Not once he began his pilgrimage to spread apple seeds along the path of westward expansion; he apparently owned almost nothing. (He was almost certainly suffering from a major mental illness by that point in his life.) Before that, I don't know. read more

A hero of American folklore, Johnny Appleseed was said to be a barefoot wanderer with a tin pot hat, and a sack of apples, so he might leave the start of trees everywhere he went. read more