FOTD: Which two Presidents of the United States were slaves?

That’s right, two Presidents of the United States were once slaves. Well the term was actually indentured servants. What’s the difference you ask? Indentured servants were bound by a contract to work for a master, who, in effect, owned him for the term of the contract.

When they were boys future Presidents Millard Fillmore and Andrew Johnson were both indentured servants.

Johnson was indentured to a tailor but ran away. The tailor offered a $10 reward for his return in the Gazette of Raleigh, North Carolina. No one ever collected the reward though.

Fillmore was indentured to a clothmaker and served his master for several years. He would eventually buy his freedom which cost $30.