JAMES K. POLK AND SLAVERY - University of North Texas

On the maternal side of his family, James' grandfather, James Knox, was also a man of considerable means. When he died in 1794, he left a sizeable estate including ten slaves, two of which were willed to Jane Knox, mother of James K. Polk.10 It is thus evident that James Polk's descendants were firmly established in slave-holding practices ... ................
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