John Tyler and slavery

U.S. president John Tyler owned as many as 50 slaves during his lifetime.[1] According to a news item from 1943 on slave-owning presidents, "It is said that John Tyler sold one of his slaves to defray his expenses when he went to Washington to assume his duties as vice-president of the United States."[2] The names of three people enslaved by Tyler are currently known to researchers through the historical record:[3]

In the 1840s, abolitionist publisher Joshua Leavitt alleged that Tyler fathered multiple enslaved children.[4][5]

Tyler is also alleged by descendants to have been the father of John Dunjee (born 1833), though this remains unproven.

See also

References
  1. "The Enslaved Households of President John Tyler". WHHA (en-US). Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  2. Stimpson, George W. (June 15, 1943). "You'd be surprised: Slave-owning presidents". Corpus Christi Times. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Holland, Jesse J. (2016). The invisibles : the untold story of African American slaves in the White House. Guilford, Connecticut. pp. 185–192. ISBN 978-1-4930-0846-9. OCLC 926105956.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. Crapol, Edward P. (January 2012). John Tyler, the Accidental President: Paperback Edition. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807872239.
  5. https://www.presidentjohntylersenslavedhouseholds.com/tyler-paternity


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