Certainly, the effect of having a guard is embarassing. How could it be
more so by the race of the guard unless one is a racists?

Anne

At 05:49 PM 2/22/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Hmm, who was it who put Mrs. Lee is a such a position to make such a
>choice, or was the intention to embarass her.
>
>Anne Pemberton wrote:
>>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!
>>
>>                                 Anne
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