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Actually she intimated the slaves belonged to her. In her letters to General Grant and to others that she corresponded with, she often referred to them as “her girls”, or “my slaves”. While she was undoubtedly their master in the household, her father never transferred legal ownership to either Julia or General Grant. When Julia would travel outside of Missouri, Fredrick Dent forbade her taking any of the slaves with her.
According to Julia Grant, “Eliza, Dan, Jule, and John belonged to me up to the time of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.”
Comes presently the Committee for the Protection of General Grant's Legacy to note officially that, as a woman, Julia Grant was too whimsical and ignorant to know whether she did or did not own slaves.
The Committee claims only one of the men responsible for Julia Grant - Mr. Grant or Mr. Dent - can be relied upon to make a trustworthy declaration. The claim will reappear in 3 . . 2. . . 1