A Former Slave on the Personal Goodness of Robert E. Lee

Lee had many faults. But even his former slaves believed him the best of men.

by Rod D. Martin
July 18, 2021

Sunday thoughts.

Robert E. Lee was personally an extremely good and inspiring man. And I am posting the story below because it should inspire us all, especially those of us who are employers or otherwise leaders of any sort.

Lee should be honored, even though he fought for the wrong side. He is certainly not the first good man to fight for the wrong side, in his or any other century. Respect should be paid wherever it is due.

I am no friend of the (Democrat) Confederacy. The Republicans were right then as they are now: "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men", and no evil racist Jim Crow, eugenics, CRT, or other schemes to divide and conquer us all, as the Democrats have foisted upon us for nearly their entire history.

Neither am I a great fan of Lee professionally. Robert E. Lee was nowhere near so great a general as the mythology suggests. Had the South had Grant or Sherman in his place, the Democrats would have won the war.

I say these things to make my point.

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