Did John Adams own slaves

Answer 1

No

Adams never bought a slave and declined on principle to employ slave labor. Abigail Adams opposed slavery and employed free blacks in preference to her father's two domestic slaves.

Answer 2

No. He had a small farm in Brainbridge, Mass outside of Boston. They did have domestic servants, but Abigail was the main person in running the farm. John was often gone, at first with his law practice, and then he was on 23 committees with Congress. Abigail was against slavery and she wrote John in Oct. of 1775 that she felt that the problems they were experiencing was "God's punishment for the sin of slavery."

Answer 3

"I have, through my whole life, held the practice of slavery in such abhorrence, that I have never owned a negro or any other slave; though I have lived for many years in times when the practice was not disgraceful; when the best men in my vicinity thought it not inconsistent with their character; and when it has cost me thousands of dollars of the labor and subsistence of free men, which I might have saved by the purchase of negroes at times when they were very cheap."-- Works of John Adams , vol., p. 380.

So no, he wasn't a fan of slavery.

John Adams, our first Vice President and second President, was a lifelong opponent of slavery. Even though he opposed the system of slavery, he did not oppose removing Jefferson's condemnation of slavery in the original draft of the Declaration of Independence. He felt uniting the colonies for independence was more important at that time, than causing the Continental Congress to debate the issue of slavery.

Abigail Adams was an abolitionist, but Adams took no public positions on slavery. As historian Richard Brookhiser commented, if Adams had ever made a public statement against slavery he never would have been elected president.

Answer 4

Yes he did own slaves, he grew up having slaves and had them his whole life till death.

Answer 5

New Testament

Answer 6

No