Richard M. Johnson, Martin Van Buren's VP, . took three slaves as wives, and had sexual relations with several other female slaves of his. He also shocked the decent folk by treating his two daughters from his first common-law marriage as his own children rather than slaves; both daughters recieved large grants of land when they each married white men. Johnson spent most of his term as V.P. on his Kentucky farm, on which he opened a money-making hotel, tavern and spa.
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