Chivalry: Mr. Norris said he, a sister & a cousin tried to escape in 1859, but were caught. “We were tied firmly to posts by a Mr. Gwin, our overseer, who was ordered by Gen. Lee to strip us to the waist & give us fifty lashes each, excepting my sister, who received but twenty”
From a few years back: What Robert E. Lee Wrote to The Times About Slavery in 1858https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/robert-e-lee-slaves.html?smid=tw-share …
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