Do you know who are the US Presidents who were pro-slavery?
Slavery was and still is a huge mark in history, and unfortunately, it represents one of the darkest eras in American history. While a lot of people are trying to hide and suppress everything about it, it’s crucial to know because it’s part of education and general knowledge that everybody must have.
We can’t erase the past, but we can certainly learn from it. Although it’s difficult to imagine, several US presidents were pro-slavery, held slaves, and even actively took part in the slave trade.
For those who don’t know, George Washington was one of the 12 US Presidents who were pro-slavery. If you are looking to find out more about this topic, in the next few pages you will find a list of all the US Presidents who owned slaves.
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In order to understand why these presidents were pro-slavery, we must go back to the customs of the times. Those who were rich & powerful could do anything they wanted, & the law looked the other way. Slavery was an accepted institution. Not all slaves were treated badly, most had kind masters who gave them food & shelter, albeit of low quality. They worked long hours, & were exhausted at the end of a 12-hour day. The white non-slave were not much better off, working long hours for little pay, living in squalor. If a white worker got injured or died, nobody cared for the family. Corruption & bribery were rampant. Congressmen & Presidents often took bribes, or participated in crooked schemes to enrich themselves. Regretably, not much has changed!