Robert E Lee The Great Emancipator

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"The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, socially & physically. The painful discipline they are undergoing, is necessary for their instruction as a race, & I hope will prepare & lead them to better things. How long their subjugation may be necessary is known & ordered by a wise Merciful Providence."

And I have to admit, the above quote from Lee's letter made me think "Arbeit macht frei".