It’s complicated & you can research it online if you like apparently he inherited a slave when he got married & freed him. He was a staunch abolitionist and helped freed slaves enormously.

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It's complicated & you can research it online if you like apparently he inherited a slave when he got married & freed him. He was a staunch abolitionist and helped freed slaves enormously.