[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Exactly. General Lee disagreed with Slavery. Only a very small portion of Southerners were wealthy enough to own slaves.

[jgrubbs]

Remember, the winners write the history books.

[End The Hypocrisy]

>>>Only a very small portion of Southerners were wealthy enough to own slaves<<<

Perhaps as few as 8%, right? And once the Industrial Revolution made slavery increasingly obsolete...

[Non-Sequitur]

Exactly. General Lee disagreed with Slavery.

Big deal. Just about every one of his generals believed in slavery. Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens, every member of the cabinet, the congress and the state executives believed deeply in slavery. The opinions of the political leadership counted for more than one general, even if that general was Robert Lee.

[WhiskeyPapa]

Exactly. General Lee disagreed with Slavery.

That is false.

Lee wrote in a January 11, 1865 letter that the best relationship between whites and blacks was that of master and slave.

Walt