Robert E Lee The Great Emancipator

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(06-07-2013 08:19 AM)tblunk Wrote:  

(06-04-2013 09:45 PM)Rick Smith Wrote:  Mr. Lincoln is often referred to as "The Great Emancipator." The credit he received for doing what he did for black people was received as a consequence of political expediency.

One man freed slaves, or tried to, for ploitical considerations.

One man freed slaves due to personal conviction.

I was under the impression that the Custis will stipulated the emancipation of his slaves. Is that not correct?

That is correct, but Lee would have agreed whether stipulated or not. Lee considered slavery to be a great moral evil {his words} and that it tended to degrade both master and slave and gave each the view that labor was a thing to be avoided.
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It seems that the names Lincoln and Lee could be interchangeable in this discussion. Except that one owned slaves and one did not.