Did freed slaves ever own slaves?

Yes, I can't completely authenticate this, but a freed slave, William Ellison, in 1860, owned 63 slaves, and had a 1000 acre plantation. He was born a slave, given the name April, for the month he was born in, and that seems to be a particularly callous thing to do. He was later freed by the court, and went on to become a successful businessman, plantation owner, and his grandson, reportedly served, and died of wounds suffered, while in the Confederate Army? William Ellison died in 1861, at 71. From my reading, freed blacks sometimes owned their own family members, and blacks often sold themselves into slavery for economic reasons. It's very sad, but it may not have been possible, to be deemed "free", it was like someone had your "title", like a car, you weren't really a citizen even if you were "free". It would be better to have a good "master", or your kin, to own you. Like I said, sad. Very few Southerners had slaves, like 5%. Most Confederate soldiers were relatively poor. Many slaves ate side-by-side at the same table, and slept in the same homes as their "masters". Of all things, the U.S .was so far behind the times in abolishing slavery, by 1860, most modern govt's had done so, almost a century before. Labor-intensive agriculture in the South, Cotton, particularly, had made business such a priority, that human dignity was denied, and greed took over. I'm a Moderate, but big business cannot go unbridled.

In Spanish areas of the US slaves could buy themselves out of slavery.

In the French areas there was a lot of mixing - freed slaves, escaped slaves, freemen (men and women never slaves) purchasing slaves and marrying them, lots of privateers/pirates - someone could be a slave today, free tomorrow, and buy their own family next week.

Plenty of freed slaves and freemen - men and women owned slaves.

In fact, freed black women owned more slaves than freed men -- these freed women had been the "mates" of white males slave owners who had died and willed everything to these women.

In South Carolina a freed slave who was a highly skilled contractor received his 'walking papers' when his master died along with slaves for him eventually became one of the largest slave owners in the state with his building contractor slaves everywhere.

Native Americans also owned slaves.

Just recently the Cherokee Nation voted to no longer include the ancestors of their slaves under Native American status any longer unless they had a native ancestor -- big mess.

You find this odd because you were raised this way - it is not a part of our lives.

Back then slavery WAS a part of life, all over the world.

Americans were the last group to take slaves --- the English outside England all had slaves, the French, the Dutch, the Spanish, all Europeans, all North Africans, the MIddle East, Arabia, China, etc

Not only black slaves -- white slaves were the most desired around the world, especially white women and children.

Being a slave owner was a sign of prosperity and wealth.

No one cared WHO the slaves were -- just that there were slaves.

Yes, freed slaves did own slaves.

Yes. Many slaves bought their own freedom. Usually the ones who could do that had skills they could market, and thus could afford to buy slaves of their own. Many free Blacks, former slaves or sons of free men, kept slaves to help with their businesses or serve in the house.

In Muslim territories, slaves could even purchase their own house and other slaves.

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Actually yes. According to 8th grade History.