He felt it inappropriate to ask his daughters to inherit slaves (except for a few household slaves, if the girls wished it).

The Chenoweth family subsequently made their way to Virginia, where Alice's father had inherited slaves.

Jefferson inherited slaves as a child, and owned slaves the rest of his life.

He inherited a plantation and slaves from his father but because he was opposed to slavery journeyed to Illinois to set them free.

Mary Nuttall would inherit slaves from her uncle, William Savage.

Martha and her husband Jefferson inherited all eleven members of the Hemings family as well as numerous other slaves.

Even more so than Jefferson, who inherited slaves and land, Hamilton made his way in the world by his pen.

His father had inherited slaves too, and he did not hold with slavery, so he freed them all.

Not long after Garrettson inherited several slaves, he freed them.

Coles, who had inherited slaves from his father, was considering setting them free, and sent off a letter seeking Jefferson's blessing and guidance.