See the recent book "An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and
the Creation of America," by yours truly. It explains everything.
Henry Wiencek
On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 11:14:34 EST, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Lee's grandfather in law, George Washington, owned a great number of slaves.
> I don't know if he freed any of them during his lifetime.
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