Did Martin van Buren own slaves?

Answer 1

yes, in a way.

Martin Van Buren didn't believe in using slaves.

He thought slaves were abused ,and he wanted to help.

Slavery. New York was still a slave state when Van Buren was growing up, and his family owned slaves. As a young man Van Buren owned a slave himself, a man named Tom. When Tom ran away, Van Buren made no effort to recover him. But ten years later, in 1824, the escapee was discovered living in Worcester, Massachusetts, and at that point Van Buren agreed to sell him to another man if he could be captured "without violence."

Answer 2

He did not own slaves.