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My apologies to @DineshDSouza for misreading the weirdly narrow terms of his challenge.
He said he'd "take it back" if anyone could provide a Republican slaveowner from 1860 specifically, but I named a Republican slaveowner from 1861.
So here are two examples from 1860 exactly.
He said he'd "take it back" if anyone could provide a Republican slaveowner from 1860 specifically, but I named a Republican slaveowner from 1861.
So here are two examples from 1860 exactly.
First of all, as @arothmanhistory and @Stephen_A_West both noted, there's Francis Blair, who in 1860 was a member of the Republican Party and who in 1860 owned slaves.
In 1860, exactly.
Here's documentation of his slaveowning from July 4, 1860.
In 1860, exactly.
Here's documentation of his slaveowning from July 4, 1860.
Second, as I noted earlier, using this passage from @HC_Richardson's history of the GOP, To Make Men Free, Robert Breckinridge of Kentucky was also a member of the Republican Party in 1860 and he also owned slaves in 1860. 
So that's two men who were (1) Republicans in 1860 and (2) slave-owners in 1860, in addition to my original HUGE MISTAKE of providing an example of a Republican slave-owner from the very very different year of 1861.
Man, I can't wait to find out why they don't count either.
Man, I can't wait to find out why they don't count either.
