1st Confederate Secretary of State, and brigadier general in the Confederate Army. He owned many slaves on his plantations, including Garland H. White, William Gaines and Wesley John Gaines. George Trenholm (1807–1876), American financier, he enslaved hundreds of people on his plantations and in his household. Homaidan Al-Turki (born 1969), Colorado resident convicted in 2006 of enslaving and abusing his housekeeper. John Tyler (1790–1862), 10th President of the United States, was 23 when he inherited his father's Virginia plantation and 13 slaves. V Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), 8th President of the United States and later a vocal abolitionist, owned at least one enslaved person and apparently leased others while he lived in Washington. Joseph H. Vann (1798–1844), Cherokee leader with hundreds of slaves in Indian Territory. Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), Spanish painter, he enslaved Juan de Pareja who was his assistant and a notable painter himself. Amerigo Vespucci (1451–1512), Italian explorer and eponym of America, his estate held five slaves at his death. Jacques Villeré (1761–1830), Governor of Louisiana. 53 people he had enslaved were liberated by the British after the Battle of New Orleans. Elisabeth Dieudonné Vincent (1798–1883) a Haitian-born free businesswoman of color who, along with her husband, owned slaves in New Orleans. W Joshua John Ward (1800–1853), Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina and "the king of the rice planters", whose estate was once the largest slaveholder in the United States (1,130 slaves). Robert Wash (1790–1856), Missouri Supreme Court Justice. A slave-owner himself, he dissented in several important freedom suits. Augustine Washington (1694–1743), father of George Washington. At the time of his death he owned 64 people. George Washington (1732–1799), 1st President of the United States, who owned as many as 300 people. In his last will and testament he set all his slaves free. Martha Washington (1731–1802), 1st U.S. First Lady, inherited slaves upon the death of her first husband and later gave slaves to her grandchildren as wedding gifts. John Wayles (1715–1773), English slave trader and father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson. James Moore Wayne (1790–1867), U.S. Congressman and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who owned slaves and had three children by an enslaved woman. Thomas H. Watts (1819–1892), 18th Governor of Alabama and slave owner. John Wedderburn of Ballindean (1729–1803), Scottish landowner whose slave, Joseph Knight, successfully sued for his freedom. Richard Wenman (–1781). Nova Scotia politician and brewer. One of his slaves, Cato, attempted