{"id":1958738,"date":"2023-06-27T21:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T01:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-trump-is-the-only-living-president-whose-ancestors-did-not-own-slaves\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T21:22:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T01:22:52","slug":"report-trump-is-the-only-living-president-whose-ancestors-did-not-own-slaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-trump-is-the-only-living-president-whose-ancestors-did-not-own-slaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Trump&#8217;s ancestors were not slave owners, distinguishing him from all other living presidents."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-trump-is-the-only-living-president-whose-ancestors-did-not-own-slaves%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump stands on stage after being introduced during the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women\u2019s Lilac Luncheon on June 27, 2023 in Concord, New Hampshire. Republican presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is also holding a campaign event in New Hampshire today. (Photo by Scott Eisen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>6:12 PM \u2013 Tuesday, June 27, 2023<\/p>\n<p><h2>Former President Donald Trump: A Unique Family History<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that former President Donald Trump is the only president, past or present, whose family cannot be tied to slave ownership? According to a recent report, this sets him apart from other presidents.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The outlet Reuters, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-trump-is-the-only-living-president-whose-ancestors-did-not-own-slaves\/\" title=\"Report: Trump's ancestors were not slave owners, distinguishing him from all other living presidents.\">politically leans center-left<\/a>, claimed that Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton were all born from ancestors who had a slave-owning past.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Obama, the United States\u2019 first Black president, can also trace his family\u2019s slave-owning ancestors down to one individual on his White mother\u2019s side of the family who had reportedly subjugated two humans.<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters report claimed that Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch, as well as at least 100 U.S. political leaders, are also descended from enslavers. According to the outlet\u2019s research, 36% of congressional members, both Republicans and Democrats, can trace their ancestors back to slaveholders.<\/p>\n<p>The Trumps had landed in the U.S. after slavery was already been abolished.<\/p>\n<p>The History Channel reported that Trump\u2019s ancestor, Friedrich Trump, who was described as a feeble young man unsuitable for hard labor and who desired to escape Germany\u2019s military, crossed the Atlantic in 1885 to begin his family\u2019s legacy. Slavery had been abolished by the 13<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment twenty years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, two other Republican candidates running against Trump for the GOP nomination in 2024, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, both hail from slave-owning ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters investigation revealed\u00a0how deeply America was linked to the institution of slavery in the past, including through the \u201cpeople who make the laws that govern our country,\u201d according to Henry Louis Gates Jr., a Harvard University professor who studies\u00a0African and African American research and the host of PBS\u2019s \u201cFinding Your Roots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gates Jr. said that these discoveries \u201ctie the past to the present.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just to say: Look at how closely linked we are to the institution of slavery and how it informed the lives of the ancestors of people who represent us in the United States Congress today,\u201d he told Reuters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Gates Jr. also warned that the researchers\u2019 links should not be viewed as \u201canother chapter in the blame game.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe do not inherit guilt for our ancestors\u2019 actions,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>The Federal Reserve presents its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Sweden and Turkey prepare for a meeting to discuss Turkey\u2019s\u00a0membership\u00a0in NATO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Republican strategist Roger Stone joined One America\u2019s Stella Escobedo to talk Donald Trump, media censorship of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Durham report and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. Supreme Court issued a major ruling in Moore v. Harper. It\u2019s a case from North Carolina dealing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-makes-ruling-in-moore-v-harper\/\" title=\"SCOTUS decides Moore V. Harper case.\">congressional election maps<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Zalando, Europe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-minute-with-john-krasinski-and-jack-ryan-cast-on-saying-goodbye-to-show\/\" title=\"John Krasinski and the 'Jack Ryan' cast reflect on bidding farewell to the show.\">biggest online fashion retailer<\/a>, on Tuesday sued the European Commission for putting it in\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>By Promit Mukherjee and Toby Sterling JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Dutch-listed technology investor Prosus NV said on Tuesday it would end a cross-holding structure\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>(Reuters) \u2013 Meta Platforms\u2019 WhatsApp Business application is now catering to more than 200 million users on its platform, a four-fold jump\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Baidu Inc, China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/futures-edge-higher-ahead-of-economic-data\/\" title=\"Stock futures rise ahead of economic data.\">leading search engine provider<\/a>, said the latest iteration of its ChatGPT-style service\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, both Republican presidential candidates, held campaign events in New Hampshire on June 27, 2023. Trump was introduced on stage during the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women&#8217;s Lilac Luncheon in Concord. 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