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To: RegulatorCountry
Robert E. Lee.

Lee supported slavery, Lincoln did not.

153 posted on 06/28/2017 6:51:10 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

While there’s really no point in engaging you after that pointedly ignorant answer, I’m going to point out that Robert E. Lee inherited the slaves that he held and freed them years before the war began. I’ll also point out that the Federal government offered him command of their army, which he refused because he could not take up arms against his family, friends and neighbors. He was an honorable man.

Regarding Lincoln, there are more than a few cites and quotes that highlight the error of your statement. He believed black people to be inferior. He said he’d keep slavery if it meant keeping the Union together. The Emancipation Proclamation was a military document, intended to foment insurrection in the “rebel” states of the Confederacy, it did not free any slaves outside of it in Union states. Is this the behavior of an opponent of slavery? No, it is not.


155 posted on 06/28/2017 6:56:41 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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