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as possible. He demanded efficiency and hard work, as though they were soldiers. The enslaved fought back, often successfully, while calling Lee “a hard taskmaster” and the “worst man I ever saw.” The result was even less work done by the enslaved and open protest. Many felt they were already emancipated and escaped to freedom.64
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
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