While free women might own male slaves, they had no such right.
And yet, he thought, they own slaves in other countries.
Taylor was the last President to own slaves while in office.
By the time of his death, he owned 108 slaves.
Overall he owned 66 slaves in the period between 1765 and 1769.
"What if one group here asserts its right to own slaves?"
In your country, you owned slaves, and they were very valuable.
Neither Adams himself, nor any of his other family members, would ever own slaves.
Then in 1844-1845, they divided between north and south over the question of whether a bishop could own slaves.
Where I come from we despise people who own slaves.