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Julia's own records state the slaves were not freed until December of 85, this according to her own memoirs. Everything contradictory is second hand.

Julia Grant's memoirs were written over 20 years after the war while sources of the period indicate otherwise. Grant's letters indicate that all slaves were freed before then. There are no indications that she was accompanied by any of the slaves on any of her trips to Grant's headquarters after 1863. In her home state of Missouri the state constitution was amended to end slavery in January 1865. Following the war she lived in D.C. with Grant where slave ownership was illegal. How could she have owned them as late as December 1865? None of the evidence other than her memoirs supports that. much earlier than that.

Know what? You may be correct, you make some valid observations but I will just stick with the memoirs if you don't mind. I like the information to be first hand. We are finding out new stuff everyday,

History has a habit of changing to many little things to paint the victors in the best light don't ya think? By Grants own words..

I know Grant was not anti-slavery

I know he would not have fought for the north without a commission that he liked. It was all about money for him.

I know he was planning on setting up a nice little Negro country island for all of the free slaves to move to. You know, so they could be with their own kind.(his words)

I know he had no firm convictions on slavery at all until AFTER the war.

So I will make my judgments on the totality of his comments if you don't mind.