http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_citizen_abolitionist.html
on Franklin
http://www.factcheck.org/2007/12/presidents-who-owned-slaves/
Grant owned a slave named William Jones, whom he freed in 1859.
Slavery was an accepted way of life in early colonial America. Without the work of slaves and indentured servants, the growing economy of the colonies would have been limited. Almost all of our country’s founding fathers owned slaves at one time or another, including Benjamin Franklin.
Franklin owned two slaves, George and King, who worked as personal servants, and his newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette, commonly ran notices involving the sale or purchase of slaves and contracts for indentured laborers.
(Thank You and I knew some of this but hate when some can’t handle a lil humor!) JEEZE after-all it’s a vanity!