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To: FLT-bird
It would have been awfully embarrassing to admit inconvenient facts like the Grants owning slaves at the time not to mention the many other unionists who owned slaves or work on the capital dome during the war being done by slaves.

It sure would...except that like so many other claims of yours there isn't a shred of truth to it. Grant owned a single slave which he freed in 1859. After 1864 Grant and his wife didn't live anywhere where slavery was legal. The claim that he owned slaves up until the ratification of the 13th Amendment - and some lost causers have even claimed he owned them after the ratification - is complete fantasy.

739 posted on 04/19/2018 4:29:38 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

It sure would...except that like so many other claims of yours there isn’t a shred of truth to it. Grant owned a single slave which he freed in 1859. After 1864 Grant and his wife didn’t live anywhere where slavery was legal. The claim that he owned slaves up until the ratification of the 13th Amendment - and some lost causers have even claimed he owned them after the ratification - is complete fantasy.

Do you deny that many unionists owned slaves or that slaves built the capital dome during the war too?

Nice try at obfuscation but as usual, you fail.


741 posted on 04/19/2018 4:43:10 PM PDT by FLT-bird (..)
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