Google: Did U. S. Grant own slaves? and you will find that he owned one and his wife Julia owned five.
I’m curious why you bring this up? It doesn’t seem to serve a responsive purpose to post #179 and presents only a sliver of the true story.
Yes Grant made some use of slaves that his wife’s father held title to - so what? And yes, Grant purchased a slave - which he then manumitted at a time when he was hard-pressed to eke out a living for himself and his family.
To claim him as a “slave owner” as compared to someone like Thomas Jefferson is disingenuous.