Grant actually owned one slave himself as well: Grant himself owned a slave named William Jones, acquired from his father-in-law. At a time when he could have desperately used the money from the sale of Jones, Grant signed a document that gave him his freedom. Grant freed this slave in 1859.
Volunteers dedicated more than 100 hours, on average, to sports and recreation (120 hours), religion (117 hours) and social services (116 hours). But they gave only about half as many hours to education and research associations (66 hours) and to health-related organizations (58 hours) (Chart 3).
Credit: Bernd Opitz Stone Getty Images. In America, the average person lives to be 78.7 years old and retires at the age of 62. As of 2014, employed individuals spend an average of 47 hours per week working. If an employee works 47 hours per week from the age of 18 to 62 without missing any scheduled shifts or requesting vacation time, that person spends approximately 109,980 hours at work. Learn more about Social Sciences.