[jessduntno]

Grant’s wife’s family were slave owners and Grant himself owned a slave named William Jones, given to him by his father-in-law.

[Michael Zak]

Grant set that man free, even though he was unemployed at the time.

[rockrr]

Grant’s wife’s family were slave owners and Grant himself owned a slave named William Jones, given to him by his father-in-law.

What you neglected to mention was that Grant purchased Jones so that he could manumit him.