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 >-- >James P. ('Jim') Lynch >[log in to unmask] > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/stevepem http://www.educationalsynthesis.org To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html