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This article says he didn't according to the Longstreet Society: https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/old-joes-history-complicated-current-debate/
"Longstreet went so far as to organize an African-American militia in 1874. For that, and for his conversion to the Republican Party, many of the Confederate Army’s losses were pinned on Longstreet.
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Richard Pilcher, head of the Longstreet Society, told The Times the group has never found evidence that Longstreet owned slaves, and that the group is satisfied that he never did. In his own writings, Longstreet references slave owners as separate from himself.
One of Longstreet’s most well-known statements is inscribed on a stone at the foot of the Piedmont Hotel at 827 Maple St., which was owned and operated by Longstreet and his family. “Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?” the stone reads.
Pilcher said it was his and his wife’s support for civil rights that brought them together and led to their marriage."
However, this website says that Lonstreet "owned a small number of slaves": https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/james-longstreet/view/quick-facts/
"Longstreet went so far as to organize an African-American militia in 1874. For that, and for his conversion to the Republican Party, many of the Confederate Army’s losses were pinned on Longstreet.
...
Richard Pilcher, head of the Longstreet Society, told The Times the group has never found evidence that Longstreet owned slaves, and that the group is satisfied that he never did. In his own writings, Longstreet references slave owners as separate from himself.
One of Longstreet’s most well-known statements is inscribed on a stone at the foot of the Piedmont Hotel at 827 Maple St., which was owned and operated by Longstreet and his family. “Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?” the stone reads.
Pilcher said it was his and his wife’s support for civil rights that brought them together and led to their marriage."
However, this website says that Lonstreet "owned a small number of slaves": https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/james-longstreet/view/quick-facts/