[quote=ActRaiserTheReturned]
Robert E Lee was probably a "Master" who treated his slaves like people, according to what I've heard. He was like a decent person working with Satan.
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I don't know too much about his particular story, but you have to watch out for that sort of approach to the subject. Oftentimes, on the larger plantations like that Lee inherited from his wife, the master wasn't very involved with their plantations anyway. It was the guys they hired that did the abuse.