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Originally Posted by PSM
I believe that there was a similar technicality with Gen. Lee, he did not own slaves but his wife did.
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This is slightly off topic, but how does that not equate to Gen. Lee owning slaves?
To me that's like a guy saying, "I'm not gay, but my boyfriend is."
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