JC, with all respect I read the material. Freedom is not the same as indentured out to earn freedom with the income of one's labor being paid to the former owner until the indenture is satisfied.
Mrs Grant's slaves were given to her by her father when she was a child. The article played around with the question of a bill of sale, but the parties, the father, the wife and the slaves all considered them to be her slaves. What the article does is beg the question as to whether General Grant was a slave holder to create doubt.
This is all just my take on the article, but anyone interested can open the link and read it for themselves...Geo
