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Lee freed slaves that were left him and so did his wife.:Lee owned slaves and fought a war to ensure they remained slaves. International slave trade had been banned in the US since 1805. The Confederacy didn’t need slaves from overseas. They had four million slaves and had no problem breeding their ownRobert E. Lee was opposed to slavery and the Confederate Constitution condemned the international slave trade. The abolitionist that pushed the Dred Scott case to US Supreme Court were the ones that destroyed the Missouri Comprise line of 1820.Especially in the attempt to get slavery established in new territories.Duty,honor, and bravery are never “lost causes.”
“ Born into two of Virginia's most prominent families, Lee spent his early years surrounded by enslaved African Americans, although that changed once he joined the Army. His wife, Mary Randolph Custis Lee, freed her own personal slaves, but her father, George Washington Parke Custis, still owned many people, and when he died, Robert E. Lee, as executor of his estate, was responsible for manumitting them within five years. He was widely criticized for taking the full five years.”
-Encyclopedia of Virginia
Robert E. Lee, as executor of his estate, was responsible for manumitting them within five years. He was widely criticized for taking the full five years.”