George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Tail or, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant.
There were 9 US presidents that had slaves at some time. These were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Tayl … or, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant. For each president who owned slaves, please type your best guess as to the highest number of slaves owned by that president at any one time. For presidents who did not own slaves, just leave 0 as the answer. James Buchanan purchased two slaves from his brother-in-law but immediately freed them. William Henry Harrison and Martin Van Buren had both owned slaves earlier in their lives, but (like Buchanan) did not own slaves during their presidencies. Of the Presidents serving after 1860, only two had been slaveowners. Andrew Johnson had owned slaves earlier in his life, as had Ulysses S. Grant, who is known to have owned at least one slave and who profited from the use of slaves belonging to his father-in-law. Taylor died unexpectedly later that year. The last president who ever owned slaves was, ironically, Ulysses S. Grant, elected in 1868 after he had commanded Union forces to victory over the Confederacy in the war that led to the abolition of slavery. Grant owned a slave named William Jones, whom he freed in 1859. A list of presidents who owned slaves, both while in office or at other times during their lives, has been compiled by Robert Lopresti, a librarian at Western Washington University. Based on his well-documented research, he says 12 of our presidents owned slaves and eight of them owned slaves while serving as president. Presidents Owned Slaves White House Slaves Slaves in the White House Presidents Day Slavery John Freeman Paul Jennings James Madison Black History Month Thomas Jefferson.
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which president had slaves