Trivia Time

by **DoomYoshi** on Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:39 pm

How many of the first 12 American presidents owned slaves?

by **2dimes** on Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:40 pm

by **DoomYoshi** on Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:41 pm

2dimes wrote:12?

Close. The correct answer is "all of them except the Adamses". So, 10.

Some people also want to knock William Henry Harrison off the list since he no longer owned slaves while in office, but he was barely a president.

by **DoomYoshi** on Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:49 pm

New Question: How many of the first 12 presidents were members of the Grand Ol' Party - the Republicans?

by **HitRed** on Fri Jun 12, 2020 1:02 pm

by **Jdsizzleslice** on Fri Jun 12, 2020 1:17 pm

HitRed wrote:zero

I think this is right. Lincoln was the first Republican President.

by **DoomYoshi** on Fri Jun 12, 2020 1:18 pm

Jdsizzleslice wrote:
HitRed wrote:zero

I think this is right. Lincoln was the first Republican President.

Correct. There were Democrats back then, but the Republican party exists only to free people enslaved by the Democrats.

by **Jdsizzleslice** on Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:43 pm

DoomYoshi wrote:
Jdsizzleslice wrote:
HitRed wrote:zero

I think this is right. Lincoln was the first Republican President.

Correct. There were Democrats back then, but the Republican party exists only to free people enslaved by the Democrats.

I believe the Republican Party was formed to end slavery in general.

by **saxitoxin** on Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:52 pm

The Democratic Party is also the world's oldest political party still in existence and the Republican Party is the third. The UK Conservatives are number two.