Oh, I have long acknowleged the fact that Grant owned a slave in 1858-59 and that his wife had use of some of her father's slaves as late as 1862, possibly January 1863. But the idea that Grant owned a slave himself in 1866 is ridiculous.
don't you WISH it were ridiculous? his owning slaves throughout the war AND afterwards makes the so-called "crusade against human bondage" by the damnyankees look STUPID and HYPOCRYTICAL.
but then the damnyankee elites were always self-righteous "do as we say, not as we do" types. nothing has changed after all these years;northeastern academics are STILL trying to cover up the LIES and WAR CRIMES of the damnyankee army. thankfully there's not that much dirt on earth.