(US Grant’s wife’s slaves were HERs, dowery, but NOT “his property”
Not the case. Fredrick Dent, Julia’s father never, transferred legal title for those slaves to Julia. When ever she was in Missouri the same 4 slave women would tend to Julia and the Grant household. Dent would not allow those slaves to follow her when she left Missouri. Julia, in here writings often referred to “her slaves”; but in reality, they were on loan from he father while she was in Missouri.
Ah. Thank you. A bit more nuanced but still NOT Ulysses S. Grant’s slaves, which is a (false) point liberals often bring to the table in this discussion.