Can you name the U.S. presidents who owned slaves at some point in their lives?

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Slave Owning U.S. Presidents Quiz

Rating:	Nominate Report game
Created by: Bendav -
Contributed: March 16th, 2010
Category: History
Plays: 1,256

Tags: point, live, owning, owned, slave, Presidents

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	wgert:	Mar 16th, 2010 at 13:56 GMT	0 points
	Playing the list of Presidents game really helped!

	Masternachos:	Mar 16th, 2010 at 15:26 GMT	4 points
	If I remember correctly, no.2 received a slave as a gift from a relative, but freed him soon after. I THINK it was him. Interesting quiz.

	WalterSobchak:	Mar 16th, 2010 at 18:02 GMT	1 point
	I wonder where Martin Van Buren went wrong; I though the most of the old New York Dutch landowners had given up slavery, and he wasn't even patroon-level Dutch aristocracy who were rich enough for slaves.

	Bendav:	Mar 16th, 2010 at 18:49 GMT	3 points
	@Masternachos: According to the source, it was Samuel Adams who recieved the slave as a gift.

	Hejman:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 00:32 GMT	1 point
	A fascinating quiz, and the source material makes for an interesting read as well, particularly the quotes of the Presidents themselves as to their views on slavery.

	amp2006:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 05:13 GMT	1 point
	Hmm, I got all but the one that starts with G. who woulda thought?!

	GiantsJoe2110:	Mar 19th, 2010 at 04:07 GMT	1 point
	In his will, Thaddeus Kosciusko, a Polish revolutionary who helped train the troops in the Continental Army, gave his property in America to Thomas Jefferson to sell and then use the money to buy and free slaves. Jefferson refused and had the Supreme Court declare the will unconstitutional.

	newenglander:	Nov 21st, 2010 at 20:33 GMT	1 point
	just to see if there was a snippet of history my teachers forgot to mention, i tried lincoln

	lucyzoe:	Mar 14th, 2011 at 00:35 GMT	-2 points
	what a shame. i was really hoping to see obama on here.

	tdrury88:	Aug 16th, 2011 at 16:07 GMT	0 points
	Sure didn't guess Grant.