5/24/2023 0 Comments Ty seidule robert e lee and me![]() ![]() Army officer in 1846 as he headed to fight in Mexico, he estimated his net worth at $40,000 in stocks, bonds, and property, including enslaved workers, or more than $1.3 million today. In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidules Robert E. ![]() By the time he wrote his only will as a U.S. ![]() During his many years in the army, Lee hired out those enslaved workers and pocketed the profit, creating wealth. ![]() Custis owned two other enslaved labor farms-Romancoke and White House.Ī year after marrying Mary Custis, Lee inherited enslaved workers from his mother’s estate. Enslaved labor created much of his wealth including the prestigious, Doric-columned Arlington House with its commanding view of the capital. Custis earned his money through inheritance, and that inherited wealth derived from the work of enslaved labor. At the age of twenty-four, two years after graduating from West Point, Lee married Mary Custis, the only child of George Washington Parke Custis, the adopted son of George Washington. It is an introspective and personal account that looks straight at the horrors of the Lost Cause and the damage it. Lee and Me Ty Seidule Professor Emeritus of History at West Point ON SALE NOW A powerful and introspective look into white Americans’ continuing romance with the Confederacy, and the lasting damage that has done. “While Lee believed in slavery, he also profited from it far more than other army colonels. ![]()
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