“There is slavery in Virginia, Colonel. How do you feel about that?” “I believe in emancipation, but I believe it is ultimately in God’s hands. I do not agree with the radicals of the deep South. And, I must say, General, I also do not agree with the talk in the North, the calls for radical abolition, made by people who have no involvement with the situation, who propose no solution to the problem.”
This confuses me. Lee clearly did not want Slavery to continue. He did not believe that those newly freed people ought to be just let go with no direction.
But then why didn’t Lee prupose a solution?!? Why couldn’t they all have gotten together abd come up with a solution?
