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To: reaganaut1
“Why are they here? What do they have in common? Number one: none of them have any affiliation to Duke University or the Duke family. Number two: they were all proponents of white supremacy. Robert E. Lee was an extremely cruel slave owner; Thomas Jefferson also owned a ton of slaves, but he was supposedly “less cruel;” Sydney Lanier was the least bad because he didn’t own any slaves—he was just a white [man] in the Confederate army.”

These people are both vile and stupid. Lee owned few if any slaves in his entire lifetime. Sidney Lanier is (or used to be) hailed as one of America's greatest literary voices. Ralph waldo Emerson regularly repeated hi ‘Ode to the Confederate Dead’ at his public readings. Those who wish to dishonor their or others noble ancestors are themselves evil and merit only contempt.

5 posted on 07/23/2018 5:34:09 AM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: robowombat

Lee didn’t own any slaves. His wife inherited some from her father - just like Grant’s wife inherited some slaves from her father. Lee was the executor of his father in law’s will which called for all the slaves he passed down to his daughter to be emancipated once Arlington’s debts were paid off in a few years which is exactly what happened. Lee executed the will and freed all the slaves as the will called for.

Of course just as one would expect from PC Revisionists, they are massively historically ignorant and filled with hate for Southerners.


7 posted on 07/23/2018 5:57:39 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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