Lee didn’t even own slaves. He was a supporter of gradual abolition, and fought for the right of self-determination. He wasn’t alone. 80% of confederate soldiers didn’t even own slaves. They were fighting for self determination and to protect their hearths and homes.
Yes and the good german soldiers were just fighting for the fatherland and the good japanese soldiers were just fighting for the emperor.
And the good Jihadists are just fighting against western imperialism.
The Condeferacy LOST....and it’s as relevent today as Nazi Germany or Imperial japan.
Lee knew what he was fighting for.
Virginia Governor John Letcher, 1861-1865
“The Northern States must strike from their statute books their personal liberty bills, and fulfill their consitutional obligations in regard to fugitive slaves and fugitives from justice. If our slaves escape into non-slaveholding states, they must be delivered up”
“to the Pole Bearers, DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis wrote:”
“Lee didn’t even own slaves. He was a supporter of gradual abolition, and fought for the right of self-determination.”
There you go repeating that old lie again. You already know very well from past discussions that Robert E. Lee inherited mastery of 192 of his father-in-law’s slaves as the executor of the estate, and Robert E. Lee was forced by the court to relinquish ownership of those slaves after he dishonored his father-in-law’s will, which ordered the slaves to be freed within 5 years after the father-in-law’s death.