Believe it or not, it's a difficult question. *Correction- now we know that at least 1800 members of Congress owned slaves Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Creatormix.com. Sources/further reading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_owned_slaves Join this channel to get access to perks: null For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html null How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 12 of the first 18 American presidents owned slaves. Thomas Jefferson owned more than 600 slaves throughout his life. But people forget just how many members of Congress owned slaves, 1700 of them did…and many of them were from northern states. For the first 30 years of the existence of the United States, more than half of Congress owned slaves. When Senator Daniel Webster delivered his famous Seventh of March Speech that helped lead to the passing of the Compromise of 1850, THESE 40 of the 106 members of Congress present still owned slaves. Long after slavery was abolished, former slave owners continued to serve in Congress into the 20th century, with the last one holding office in 1922. But which member of Congress owned the most slaves? Well, we actually don’t know the answer to that question. Researchers, believe it or not, are still trying to figure that out. #ushistory #slavery #americanhistory