many revived old claims that Lee was against secession and slavery, was practically an abolitionist and never personally owned enslaved people. The truth about Confederate Gen. Robert E.

Robert E. Lee was against slavery. So why are we tearing down statues instead of mosques?" The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News ...

Robert E. Lee did oppose secession and made statements later in the war on his reservations about slavery. Still, he personally owned slaves and served as the general of the Confederate Army ...

Lee." The New York Times. 28 August 2017. Fortin, Jacey. "What Robert E. Lee Wrote to The Times About Slavery in 1858." The New York Times. 18 August 2017. The New York Times. "A LETTER FROM ...

Supporters of Northam’s decision, however, viewed Lee and the statue as a symbol of white supremacy and the South’s defense of slavery. Crews remove the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond ...

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, was built by enslaved people and indentured workers between 1802 and 1818, and more than 100 African Americans were enslaved there in the decades ...

Allen Guelzo talked about Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s perspectives regarding slavery. The Atlanta History Center hosted this virtual program. Allen Guelzo talked about Confederate ...

the ugly truth about General Robert E. Lee, despite how Trump wants to revise history in 2019, is that he was a slaveholder who never spoke out against the institution of slavery and was also ...

Confederate General Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ... downplaying the causes of the war and the evils of slavery, and erecting Confederate monuments in public squares ...