Yes he did own slaves. Everyone that was wealthy at that time had slaves. Since he worked in congress and as a lawyer he was bound to make good money
yes he did. he was believed to have owned 12 slaves!
NO
No. Actually, Ellsworth was against owning and mistreating slaves.
no he didnt
yes
no
Yes, in Africa
Abraham couldn't own any slaves because he didn't want any and he wanted to stop slavery.
John Adams did not own any slaves.
No.
No!
White familes in the south during the antebellum time did not own any slaves. At least the majority of whits did not own any
In Africa, some blacks did, and do in the present day, own slaves. In the United States of America I doubt if any black people held other black people as slaves.
he did not own any slaves
Yes, Jonathan Dayton, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention and later a U.S. Senator, did own slaves. He inherited slaves from his father and also purchased slaves to work on his New Jersey estate.
none. neither him nor his father ,John Adams, own any slaves