Thomas Jefferson emblem of white supremacy

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(08-25-2017, 11:27 AM)Au165 Wrote: Interesting to note Robert E Lee was all for unification post war and didn't want statues of himself, or other confederate symbols, made knowing they could be used as symbols for separatists to rally behind. In 1856 he actually called slavery evil, but also still maintained slaves himself. Another kind of weird paradox of the time.

One of my more conservative friends on Facebook posted a story suggesting that Robert E. Lee was actually in favor of freeing the slaves and stuff but that he felt it was his honor to fight for his home state or some such hogwash. I was like, you can't say you were against slavery yet lead the fight for the side that wants to keep it. What, was R.E. Lee channeling his inner John Kerry or something?