Did ulysses s grant own slaves?

Grant’s wife, Julia, also owned slaves, and during Grant’s management of the farm he worked along with one of them, a man named Dan. The farm is now the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, part of the National Park Service. read more

Little is known about the whereabouts of White Haven’s enslaved laborers after the Civil War, although two formerly enslaved women owned by Colonel Dent, Mary Robinson and Mary Henry, remained in St. Louis and were interviewed by local newspapers after Grant’s death in 1885. read more

The article claimed that Grant had owned slaves longer than Lee did. So I decided to do some research. Julia Dent Grant came from a slave-owning family and was an apologist for slavery throughout her life and the Civil War. read more