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That was long thought to be the case.

The will recently discovered shed new light on that.

The other interesting thing you said was about how REL freed slaves promptly. His father in law's will granted the his slaves freedom, but gave him, as executor, 5 years to accomplish that. Rather than promptly free the slaves from an estate that was crushed in debt, REL delayed their freedom until after the 5 years time, and rented the slaves out. Where slaves differed in their judgement of when their freedom should be granted by REL, he took advantage of the Fugitive Slave Act to have them detained, brutally whipped, and tortured by having salt water played over their wounds.

The Antebellum south was a muddle of conflicting notions. REL was a very Southen man. He could direct the torture of a women with enthusiasm, if he thought he was within his rights. On the other hand, I am sure he was kind to puppies.

your post is FALSE, according to the National Park Service (NO friend of either LEE or of the southland!), the TAX RECORDS of Arlington County, VA. AND an ANGRY letter from a MAGISTRATE of Arlington County. (the magistrate KNEW what REL had done AND he KNEW that Lee could "get away with it." he was NOT happy about that, as what Lee did was a FELONY - not much different under VA statutes than selling stolen property.)

PITY that you listen to & evidently believe, LIES.

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REL was a very Southen man. He could direct the torture of a women with enthusiasm, if he thought he was within his rights. On the other hand, I am sure he was kind to puppies

General Lee's life is without blemish even though there have been numerous attempts to demonize the man (e.g. Alan Nolan's Lee Considered).

Yet, even though General Lee felt compelled to surrender at Appomattox and the yankees made every attempt to use this surrender to reduce Lee's stature, Lee became more popular with the general public, north and South, far surpassing his northern contemporaries, which chaffed the yankee politicians and revisionist historians to no end.

And it continues to this day.

So, meaker, it you have evidence that Marse Robert tortured women or children or even small animals (Lincoln doesn't count), then post that evidence here for all to see.

Don't work yourself too hard, meaker. We know you don't have any evidence to that end. You're just a typical yankee slinging schit and hoping some of it sticks.