Dilsia (slave)

Dilsia
Dilsia
Occupation	Slave
Children	6
Relatives	Walter Francis White (great-grandson), Jane White (great-great-granddaughter)

Dilsia allegedly was a woman enslaved by future President William Henry Harrison. According to civil rights activist Walter Francis White's family oral history, Harrison purportedly had six children with Dilsia.[1][2]

Descendants

Walter Francis White's oral history asserts when Harrison decided to run for president, he concluded that it would not be politically advantageous for him to have "bastard slave children" in his home. Accordingly, Harrison allegedly gave four of Dilsia's children to his brother; his brother, in turn, is claimed to have sold the children to Joseph Poythress, one of the earliest white settlers of LaGrange, Georgia.

Marie Harrison was a purported daughter of Dilsia, and was allegedly fathered by William Henry Harrison.[1] Marie Harrison was the grandmother of Walter Francis White.

References

Janken, Kenneth Robert (2003). Walter White: Mr. NAACP. UNC Press. pp. 1–3. ISBN 9780807857809.
Phillips, Amber (2021-11-25). "Warren Harding and 5 other presidents who have faced 'love child' questions". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-07-23.

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[auto-1] Janken, Kenneth Robert (2003). Walter White: Mr. NAACP. UNC Press. pp. 1–3. ISBN 9780807857809.

[2] Phillips, Amber (2021-11-25). "Warren Harding and 5 other presidents who have faced 'love child' questions". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-07-23.