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Not true.

It is. And I see you have flagged the jagoff. Revisionism can not stand against the facts - no matter how much posts you people spew to the contrary.

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Lee did not oppose slavery. He saw it as an evil, but a necessary one, that would not, could not and should not be done away with any time soon. This hardly qualifies as "opposition" in any real sense. Lee's stance was far more proslavery than anything Abraham Lincoln said, and Lincoln is attacked every day here for his views. If we are going to be honest about the War we shouldn't stretch Lee's concern about slavery farther than he took it himself. See Lee's letter to Pierce.

Lee inherited slaves from his father-in-law, Mr. Custis, whose will provided that the slaves be freed in five years. In keeping with the will, the slaves were freed at the end of that period. This happened because of Custis's expressed intention, not because of any particular virtue or desire on Lee's part.