No, Justice Bradley didn’t support slavery – Liberty Unyielding
A New York Times op-ed on August 29 claimed that Justice Joseph P. Bradley, who was appointed by the staunchly anti-slavery President Grant, opposed the Thirteenth Amendment.
This is nonsense. A biographical dictionary notes that Justice Bradley supported the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery.
Not only did he not oppose the Thirteenth Amendment, he construed it broadly. That is made clear in a 1979 article in the Tulane Law review. (See Michael Collins, Justice Bradley s Civil Rights Odyssey Revisited ).