“Lee didn’t free more slaves than he owned.”
How many slaves did he own? How many did he free? Is the number of slaves that he freed > the number that he owned?
“My understanding”
Did Lincoln free any personally?
Certainly the EP was his personal policy. Noone else was responsible for it.
That puts about 4 million into Lincoln’s side of the ledger.
Let me know when the Lee family releases his slave ledgers.