Polk was a slaveholder for his entire life; inheriting twenty of his father's slaves, either directly or from deceased brothers. Polk rarely sold slaves, although once he became President and could better afford it, he bought more. Polk's will stipulated that their slaves were to be freed after his wife Sarah had died.
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