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? I reported for duty atJefferson barracks, St. Louis. At West PointI had a roommate, Fred...

Grant • S01E01 • 2020
� I reported for duty at
Jefferson barracks, St. Louis. At West Point
I had a roommate, Fred Dent, whose family resided some five
miles west of the barracks. I soon found my way out to
White Haven, the Dent estate. As I found
the family congenial, my visits became frequent. [dramatic music] ‐ The Dents were
a slave‐owning family. They had
approximately 30 slaves. There's no evidence
that Grant felt discomfort with the Dents' slaves
at that point. By his own later admission,
he was not an abolitionist

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‐ I reported for duty at Jefferson barracks, St. Louis.
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At West Point I had a roommate,
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Fred Dent,
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whose family resided some five miles west of the barracks.
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I soon found my way out to White Haven, the Dent estate.
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As I found the family congenial,
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my visits became frequent.
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[dramatic music]
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‐ The Dents were a slave‐owning family.
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They had approximately 30 slaves.
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There's no evidence that Grant felt discomfort
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with the Dents' slaves at that point.
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By his own later admission, he was not an abolitionist.
Duration
42 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:03
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
RadicalMedia,Appian Way,A+E Global Media,Lionsgate Television,Film Afrika

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Movie Summary

The documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
S01 • E03 It's a‐‐it is a lo‐‐it's lonely at the top, as they say. - Grant 00:04
It's a‐‐it is a lo‐‐it's lonely at the top, as the...
S01 • E03 And the casualties are going to be tough, - Grant 00:29
And the casualties are going to be tough,
S01 • E01 Marcia: During Grant's time in Missouri, - Grant 00:19
Marcia: During Grant's time in Missouri,
S01 • E03 [dramatic music] - Grant 00:18
[dramatic music]
S01 • E02 He brings Halleck east. - Grant 00:21
He brings Halleck east.
S01 • E01 ‐ Enslaved black people were the largest asset of wealth - Grant 00:31
‐ Enslaved black people were the largest asset of wealth
S01 • E03 And so he finds a way, secretly, at night, - Grant 00:19
And so he finds a way, secretly, at night,
S01 • E01 ‐ Grant's dad, Jesse, is a huge anti‐slavery advocate. - Grant 00:06
‐ Grant's dad, Jesse, is a huge anti‐slavery advocate....
S01 • E01 ‐ So Grant would have been well aware - Grant 00:11
‐ So Grant would have been well aware
S01 • E03 ‐ To my dear wife, Julia. - Grant 00:30
‐ To my dear wife, Julia.
S01 • E01 At West Point he was friends with slaveholding men, - Grant 00:21
At West Point he was friends with slaveholding men,
S01 • E02 You just can't send transports and gunboats - Grant 00:21
You just can't send transports and gunboats
S01 • E01 Julia, this is Sam, that is, Ulysses Grant. - Grant 00:06
Julia, this is Sam, that is, Ulysses Grant.
S01 • E03 The bridge consists of pontoon boats, - Grant 00:16
The bridge consists of pontoon boats,
S01 • E01 ‐ Grant, far from looking for a girlfriend - Grant 00:10
‐ Grant, far from looking for a girlfriend
S01 • E03 ‐ This is the largest pontoon bridge - Grant 00:07
‐ This is the largest pontoon bridge
S01 • E03 He's gonna cross 100,000 men across the James River, - Grant 00:11
He's gonna cross 100,000 men across the James River,
S01 • E01 It's gonna create some dilemmas for Grant. - Grant 00:08
It's gonna create some dilemmas for Grant.
S01 • E02 ‐ Among the operations is excavation of a canal. - Grant 00:18
‐ Among the operations is excavation of a canal.
S01 • E03 ‐ And so Grant gets across the James River, - Grant 00:12
‐ And so Grant gets across the James River,