Well master hairspliter, Grant owned slaves.
Also, one genocide doesn't make another genocide right.
You remind me of Clinton supporters in that you will defend the most evil acts imaginable and refuse to admit when you are wrong by acting your opposition.
1859
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/grant/timeline/ I figure that Grant and Lee both got slaves from their wife's family. Grant got one, and set him free in 1859. Lee got 250, and set them free in 1864. Arlington was controlled by the federal forces at that time.
One interesting thing about Lee and Grant is the parallelisms. Both were poor, but such a difference in their poverty. Both were that inexplicable source of genius for their army. Grant never lost a battle. Lee never lost his dignity.
I quote from the above link:
"January (1859): Grant moves into a back room in St. Louis rented from his business partner, while his family temporarily remains at White Haven. In March, his family joins him in a rented cottage in St. Louis.
March 29: Despite the financial troubles of the Grant family, there is one remedy Grant refuses to consider. He sets free his slave, William Jones, who had come to him through his wife's family."