Gen. Lee completed the manumission of his father-in-law's slaves, who passed to Mrs. Lee at her father's death, in 1864. He was a few months beyond the 5-year time he was given to complete the manumissions. But I suppose one can excuse him since he was otherwise occupied in the early 1860s.
Can you give a source for the story about Mrs. Lee and her alleged refusal to accept a black soldier as a guard at her door? I have not heard or read that story before.
Joan Logan Brooks
QUOTE from Ms. Pemberton.
I believe the facts are that Lee inherited them from his wife. Seems I've
> read somewhere that she stopped the manumission so that she would not live
> alone while he was about his soldiering. If actions speak louder than
> words, then Mrs. Lee's refusal to accept a black US soldier as guard when
> Richmond fell, indicates her feelings on the subject of Negroes. She was
> most ungracious!
>
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