Trump is only living US president not descended from slaveholders

Very interesting.  According to Fox News’ report of a Reuters article:

Former President Trump is the only living current or living former U.S. president who is not descended from slaveholders, according to a Tuesday report from Reuters.

The report detailed the ancestry of America’s leaders as of the 117th Congress. The report found that five living presidents, two Supreme Court justices, 11 governors and 100 members of Congress had ancestors who owned slaves.

Presidents Biden, Carter, George W. Bush, Clinton and Obama all have ancestors who enslaved Black people in their family trees, according to the report, with Obama’s link coming from his White mother’s side.

President Trump doesn’t have any slave masters in his family tree. What is most interesting is that Reuters conducted this study, then published it. It doesn’t surprise me at all that many politicians have slave holders in their pasts. It does surprise me that Reuters admits that Trump does not.

It is a very extensive article. If you would like to explore it further, here is the LINK.

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1 Response to Trump is only living US president not descended from slaveholders

  1. MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:

    Does this mean that if a statue is put up to Joe Biden one day, people will tear it down—because of slaver family history?

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