Oh good grief!
The only slave Grant ever owned he purchased in order to manumit him.
The only slave Grant ever owned he purchased in order to manumit him.
In a column dated January 26th, 2000, Dr. Walter F. Williams, the renowned libertarian/conservative economist (and black by popular demand) noted the following:
“General Ulysses Grant’s slaves had to await the Thirteenth Amendment for freedom. When asked why he didn’t free his slaves earlier, General Grant said, “Good help is so hard to come by these days.””