Those first two columns have a UX person screaming somewhere.

Ulysses Grant did quite a bit of work to end slavery

Capitalism is the modern extension of slavery; they are all complicit.

After having read many books about the American revolution and the beginning of the u.s, Thomas Jefferson is the most duplicitous, hypocritical, full of shit dirtbag that ever was.

Special mention for Bill Clinton who benefited from penal slavery in the governor's mansion while governor of Arkansas.

*Not counting prison slavery

Well, yeah. Owning slaves was an affluent male thing to do, and most politicians are those kinda people even today. If it wasn't abolished, I'm quite certain this would be 3/4, if not much, much higher.

I mean, do you think Trump, Bush(es), Clinton, Reagan, Kennedy or Nixon wouldn't own slaves? I can only see Obama and Carter (despite a peanut farm), and I'll venture a guess that Obama probably didn't get elected president in that fucked up parallel universe since voting rights are probably pretty different even if he was allowed to run.

Whew not Sam Adams though! (nor Jr!)

edit - (and neither were presidents! Holy shit I'm developing a maga-level remembrance of history! 😁 )

It would be higher if slavery wasn't outlawed.

+1 if ya include presidents who thought slavery is not so bad.

For a moment my brain had a sort circuit and thought why Armin Van Buuren was in a list of USA presidents who owned slaves.

1/4 of Presidents lived in a time and society where owning slaves was accepted.

Not nearly the same degree as slavery, but I see a lot of reaction stuff to comedy and movies from the 70s and 80s and younger people are shocked at some things that were typical back then. Doesn't mean anyone is wrong either way, times just change. Obviously slavery is wrong, but the period of time always needs to be considered when making judgements. Would have any of those Presidents made it into office, or even been not run out of town if they had been full on abolitionists? It's a lot like our current time where we can't seem to have candidates that push for extreme changes because they wouldn't get support, even if it would help most of the voters.

Grant's story on that is pretty interesting actually.

https://acwm.org/blog/myths-misunderstandings-grant-slaveholder/

Are we not counting trump's sex slaves? And why?

The way things are going, that percentage is likely to go up.