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Robert E Lee inherited slaves from his mother Ann Hill Carter Lee in 1829 after her passing. Lee mentions his slaves in letters to his family between 1831 & 1852. The last mention of Lee directly owning slaves was in 1852 when he rents out Phillip Meriday in Washington D.C. https://www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/robert-e-lee-and-slavery.htm
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