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All very true, but Grant did repay his creditors and had sold other  
possessions to do so, if he 
saw Jones as simply another possession, why draw the line there. Besides,  
debtors prisons were
very real in those days, so people didn't pull the stunts they do today,  
trashing houses and such. 
 
 
In a message dated 4/28/2008 2:44:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Clansgian AT wmconnect.com writes:

Grant  was in debt and destitute with all his property being attached by  
creditors.  Had he sold Jones, he would not have seen a bit of the  proceeds 
himself.  Had he done nothing, the creditors would have  taken possession of 
him 
anyway.  The writ of manumission was a way of  thwarting his creditors, much 
as 
people trash a house before they are  foreclosed upon.

None the less, one cannot issue a Writ of Manumission  unless one is the 
owner 
of the slave.  Hence, Grant was a slave  owner. 




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