William Jones was an enslaved man owned by Ulysses S. Grant for a period of time

[David Lockmiller]

Jones is the last enslaved person to have been owned by a U.S. President.

Here is the manumission of William Jones written in Ulysses S. Grant’s handwriting. Source: Missouri Historical Society

It should be noted that this "manumission of William Jones written in Ulysses S. Grant’s handwriting" occurred before the American Civil War, years before President Abraham Lincoln appointed U.S. Grant as supreme commander of the U.S. Army, and many years before U.S. Grant was elected as President of the United States.

I hope that you are listening and understand this fact of history, Nikole Hannah-Jones.