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Subject:	Re: manumission of Mrs. Lee's slaves
From:	Joan Logan Brooks <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 22 Feb 2003 19:50:59 -0500
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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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