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White Haven (Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site)
Ulysses S. Grant's father-in-law's plantation where Grant briefly lived and enslaved one man, William Jones. The site interprets this complex history of a president who fought for the Union but participated in slavery.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that enslaved and oppressed people accepted their condition. Every stone here is evidence of refusal.
Descendant Voice
This site is actively engaged with descendants of those enslaved here.
Enslaved Focus Exhibit
Exhibition addresses Grant's complex relationship with slavery and his 1859 manumission of William Jones.
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"Both part of: Presidential enslavement"
"Both part of: Presidential enslavement"