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Old 08-11-13, 03:27 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by Aktungbby View Post
Actually Gen Grant kept two slaves in Ohio during the war: his excuse was "good help is hard to find"
Do you have a source for that? The sources I've seen say that Grant personally owned one slave, whom he freed in 1859.
http://www.nps.gov/ulsg/historyculture/slaveryatwh.htm
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