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To: Moonman62
I think Lee was neutral on slavery, too.

Well he owned slaves so I suspect not.

50 posted on 05/01/2017 10:27:43 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie
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To: pepsi_junkie

It wasn’t unusual for people who owned slaves to be neutral or even a bit abolitionist.

Thomas Jefferson would have fit into that category.


55 posted on 05/01/2017 10:49:25 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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