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[Linda Anderson]

(12-12-2016 08:52 AM)J. Beckert Wrote:  Congrats, Dave! You've turned the Geist Brenner into the Spezielle Gast-Host-Brenner ! The trees are located outside the home Gen. Lee occupied while governing Washington & Lee University in Virginia. Once referred to here as the other Great Emancipator, Lee freed his own slaves a year before the EP kicked in and also made sure they were educated first.

This is from Laurie's post in the Robert E. Lee, The Great Emancipator thread.

"Lee's father-in-law's will stipulated that his slave property was to be manumitted upon his death IF the estate was financially sound. If not, they would continue as slaves no more than five years hence. Mr. Lee determined that the estate needed more security and that the slaves needed more training in skills that would benefit them when freedom came. That freedom came within the specified five-year period on December 29, 1862 -- beating the deadline of the Emancipation Proclamation (which was ignored by the Virginians anyhow) and the deadline of Lee's father-in-law for manumission."

http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussio...bert+e+lee