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I’m gonna go through each president until this is confirmed or debunked. President 1, George Washington: Owned Slaves. President 2, John Quincy Adams Jr.: Direct family lineage never owned slaves.
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Anonymous 3w

The headline they took that from said “living president”

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Anonymous 3w

Here’s a little report I did based on wills and other primary records.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

For Joseph Adams III, I feel like everyone has that one family member that is just the complete opposite of the rest of the family (that one Trump-loving uncle or religious freak aunt). And as #1 corrected me, it’s just John Adams Sr. and Jr.

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