Partial List of American Presidents who were anti slavery activists/ publicly opposed slavery but privately '?' were beneficiaries of the sale of fellow sentient beings or WERE 'gbomo gbomo'' those who Kidnapped and Enslaved Black People from Africa
U.S. Presidents Who Owned Slaves or Were From Slave-Owning Families
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- Andrew Jackson
- Martin Van Buren (Owned a few slaves during his life)
- William Henry Harrison
- John Tyler
- James K. Polk
- Zachary Taylor
- Andrew Johnson
- James Buchanan (From a slave-owning family but did not personally own slaves)
Anti-Slavery Activists or Politicians Found to Have Owned Slaves
- Samuel Ward (Rhode Island politician)
- William Ellery (Signer of the Declaration of Independence)
- Francis Scott Key (Author of the U.S. national anthem)
- Henry Clay (U.S. Senator, American Colonization Society)
- James Gillespie Birney (Abolitionist politician, former slaveholder)
- Edward Coles (Governor of Illinois, anti-slavery advocate)
- John Randolph of Roanoke (Virginia politician, later freed his slaves)
- Thomas Jefferson Randolph (Grandson of Thomas Jefferson)
- Levi Coffin (Abolitionist, "President of the Underground Railroad," owned slaves in youth)
- Zachary Taylor (12th U.S. President, opposed expansion of slavery, owned slaves)
- Benjamin Franklin (Owned slaves early in life before becoming an abolitionist)
- John Jay (Early advocate for abolition but owned slaves earlier in life)
- Patrick Henry (Known for anti-slavery rhetoric but owned slaves)
- James Oglethorpe (Founder of Georgia, opposed slavery but the colony allowed it)
- Ulysses S. Grant (18th U.S. President, from a slave-owning family, briefly owned a slave)
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