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To: Squeako

Ulysses Grant was a slave owner. Remove any statues of him and change name of any entity named “Grant.”


12 posted on 08/16/2017 12:23:15 PM PDT by Josa
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To: Josa

I seem to recall that Gen. Sherman also owned slaves (or perhaps it was his wife).


24 posted on 08/16/2017 12:29:13 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Josa
Ulysses Grant was a slave owner

I was not aware of that. I thought he had a couple failed businesses after getting out of the military.

60 posted on 08/16/2017 1:08:34 PM PDT by Defiant (When the truth is outlawed, only outlaws will have truth)
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To: Josa
Ulysses Grant was a slave owner.

I didn't believe you and had to look it up. You are technically correct. But in Grant's defense, he acquired a single slave from his father in law in 1858 and freed him in 1859 instead of selling him for profit. At least according to Wikipedia...

84 posted on 08/16/2017 2:56:53 PM PDT by OA5599
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