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If Robert E. Lee opposed slavery then why are people tearing down his statue in Charlottesville, Virginia?!
Shaine MacDonald - because people are dumb and don't know history.
Shaine MacDonald i was just thinking the same thing. would love to see a quote of him saying slavery was evil and place that near his statue.
So yes ppl don’t know history neither do I but I see this video.say he was oppessed to slavery ..can’t belive everything on the net but how ppl get it twisted??
Because Melleniles don't do this wonderful thing called "research" by going to what's called a "Library" and so they wouldn't know that he told people his views on slavery several times.
I mean honestly, there are idiots and then there's well, people born in the late 90's and 2000's who barely know how to read apparently.
Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.
- Robert E. Lee
what would Lee say is the duty of blacks or chicks?
@karson hornsby robert had a son?
@karson hornsby gg
@Karson Hornsby then please communicate with me!!
@@jaymcq80 stfu
It’s me
Gg my pal, It was nice to face you.
Honorable man, he fought valiantly for what he believed in and I have a great respect for that
ArsonIsFun And accepted his defeat and shame of his treasonous actions against his countrymen.
@@fumarc4501
There was no treason, he fought for his home, too bad it was on the other side.
So true! I love him.
STFU he was a racist traitor and a loser you 🤡
@@andrewedwards324 looks like you failed American History class
In my hometown of Austin Texas an Elementary School is named after Robert E. Lee and in recent time some parents had come in and tried to request a name change for the school. The name has still remained the same because the number of people in favor of keeping the name or rather focusing the schools resources and/or funds into more pressing matters always outnumbered the few requesting a school name change.
That is embarrassing, but understandable coming form the Marxists in Austin. Soon these fools will be unable to feed themselves and will rightfully disappear from the gene pool.
You better hope they won't try to change the name it is bad enough that my city Phoenix the city council wants to change the Robert Lee E St. and squad Peak Drive because it's offensive what can I say the Liberals
They should change it
Confederation tried to take over America and replace with his ideas, he was against the constitution and American way, I don’t get it.
@@overthetoppranks stfu
Yes he was a grate general we still celebrate his birthday my kids enjoy Reading about him
lol no he was a slaver and his statue being taken down is great.
Robert e Lee is my great great great grandfather
Sammy Lee That's awesome. I will subscribe
wow!!! that is so cool.
amazing
Do you really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?
Sammy Lee cool can I have a autograph
I am black. I will say, there is a misconception about this man. Robert.E.Lee was Not a rascist!! Just a leader, who would do the same as any other man would over something, and someone he loved. Today's society has misrepresented this mans work, and lifestyle. What shame!!
"The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, socially & physically. The painful discipline they are undergoing, is necessary for their instruction as a race, & I hope will prepare & lead them to better things. How long their subjugation may be necessary is known & ordered by a wise Merciful Providence." -Robert E. Lee
Yes a guy that thought enslaving an entire people was necessary for their "instruction as a race" was totally not a racist.
David Batchelor he was actually pretty racist, but so were most people in those days.
He was racist by todays standards but you could say the same about Abraham Lincoln too in that case.
Goofy
You stupid asf
Others would call this American History
I call this Family Tree History
I love and respect Robert E Lee , always have always will
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I’m just here to see some more backround on my 8th great grandfather
I like this man. I only dislike how he supported the invasion of Mexico, but at least he had principals.
Angel Gutierrez Mexico was conquered regardless
How do you feel about his treatment of slaves if it's true what I have read about him..seems a lot of people don't want to discuss the issue?
Cant remember title or author, but there's a short story based on one of his adventures in Mexico.
@@thedbcooperforum Grant actually had more slaves than Lee....
@Gabriel Kroll Depends on what you read. nobody is lying fool.
Happy birthday Robert E lee. rest in peace😥
What a fascinating man
Tf??
He's one of histories greatest monsters, a traitor to the nation
@@belegl.7721 stfu
@@belegl.7721 That is just blatant hyperbole
@@belegl.7721 That all happened 2 centuries ago. Get over it.
May his great soul rest in peace.
Trust snd believe his soul is definitely not resting in peace...
@@rosalynjeffery9510 is this god
strength and honor
Why would they take down his statue... ffs
@gamelvr1 you never should be able to think in first place.
@gamelvr1 every person has dark side. If we judged by your standard, then nobody would be honoured, not even Linkoln.
Yes, just got down.
Because he's a racist traitor and a loser
@@IncogNidos this didn't age well lol
"For a cause he believed in"..... Boy I tell ya!
to preserve SLAVERY?
Hmmm what did he believe in?
Doesn't matter he was a good general
Here come all the but but it was about Slavery omg omg I’m such a victim , the weak get conquered .
Civil War started on this day with shots fired at Fort Sumter....
April 12th 1861
On This Day: April 12 - David Letterman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Josephine Baker
christian martin South shot first.
@@fumarc4501
So, why was the norths army still in the South 5 months after they had seceded and formed their own central govt?
If someone came into your house and you shot them, could they say you started it because you fired the first shot?
Wake up buddy, things arent that simple.
@@southerngent8162 "So, why was the norths army still in the South 5 months after they had seceded and formed their own central govt? " It was federally owned land. You do realize the federal government has independently owned land within the states since its inception right? South Carolina signed an act with the federal government (which you can go online and read) ceding the land to the federal government in 1836. They didn't offer to pay the union for it, they decided to attack Union soil. The confederates were the ones entering someones house in this case.
Land residing within a state does not necessarily mean the state owns the land. In your own words "Wake up buddy, things arent that simple.".
R.I.P. Robert E Lee!
Where’s the real facts!?
Thank you
I attended a school in Miami, Fl . Called Robert E. Lee. . My memories of that school located in Wynwood were terrifying fights and violence. Beautiful architecture a historical structure. It was destroyed and built a school that looks like a cockroach box. I am disappointed in the school system for destroying history. Violence and hate was allowed in that school the adults allowed it. I saddened of abuse and neglect to education, by the people that are saying children are the future. That school at that time witch was in the 80s allowed the disrespect of humanity.
HAPPY 210TH BIRTHDAY GENERAL, HOPE YOU & TRAVELER ARE STILL SEEING THE SIGHTS OF HEAVEN! BORN 19 JAN., 1807!
A great general!
Not so great. Lee got whipped by McClellan, Meade and twice by Grant.
He definitely wasn’t a good general
@@bp4187 He won 80% of his battles…
@@Zachariah_ Is that supposed to be impressive
@@michaeljordan6239 Yah I’d like to see you win one battle.
“ Don’t fight uphill me boys”
There’s no Robert E Lee is Harper Lee’s backstory!
Roberto Lee is my great great great great great grandfather cuz my brother did the 🧬 DNA test and it was very related to him and we have the same last name
You have too many generations with the great great...
My mom did a dna test and we found out he is her father's great great great grandfather. We also have same last name. Well I am adopted now but it was lee.
I am related to Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee. She goes way for back.
Apparently Amy Lee, the Evanescence singer, is the great great great niece of Robert E Lee.
Lee did the right thing surrendering to Grant.
Lee should have surrender in 1861
“He ranks with Alexander, Hannibal, Napoleon”….I didn’t even know this guy existed lmao
And this children is why we should keep statues up.
I just don't agree with that! Alexandria conquered the countries! There are other Asian, European and African Generals who are far better than him.
@@micedutainmentzone8249 What?
@@user-fz1lo9dy2s wrong. I don’t wanna see a statue of a loser
@@sebastiandelsolar1 Napoleon lost and we still Have statues of him.
Omg, he is one of my great grandfather
great grand father? So which child of Lee's was your grand mother or grand father? Lee is a common name and no way indicates relation to him, especially a direct line like you are claiming. If Lee was your great grand father, then one of Robert E. Lee's children was your grand parent who you would have probably known rather well. His children are pretty common knowledge. So which one is it?
No its bruce lee
Tim why is it such a problem that she stated she is related to him? I also happen to be related to him, Lee became a frequently used name in my family as a result.
Im sorry
That's pretty cool to bad our government are destroying is great works and legacy
I don’t think I will have any more time to do this
Today is Wednesday September 8th 2021 and workers remove Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond. Don't forget your history or you're bound to repeat it.
and after watching pragerU's take on it, i am more than glad that the statues were taken down and wish they were john brown's instead
No one is going to forget to be loyal to the union. There’s no reason to honor traitors.
Im Proud to be a southerner.
Same
Well this is a true karen here
@@celestial623 and for your Info I have NEVER called anyone the n word thank you and you have a great day.
@@karenschwartz1146 ok lol do you think I have to know that you havent said the n word?
Respect to general robert e lee
Nice kkk in your user name if you wanna be in another country so bad like the confederate states then go somewhere else, I will never support people that didn’t mind slavery continuing even if they didn’t practice it
@@sarahjayedwards8948 lol general robert isn't with slavery
Please educate yourself.
@@sarahjayedwards8948 Robert was anti slavery but loved his state too much to the point he sided with his state and the confederates
@@nyamariee4877 He may have been a traitor but he had principles and was anti slavery but he just loved his homestate too much to the point he sided with them
Robert E Lee or Rade Serbedzija?
One of the greatest generals in world history.
nah
I swear to god we are related
my classmate is related to robert e lee from his moms side
EVERYONE IS FAMILY THANKS TO ADAM AND EVE
*_I N C E S T_*
or Noah
Abit2Deadly4U how?
Amen.
I am related to Robert E. Lee my mom told me that I was
I’m still alive
OH ME GOOSH
Yoooo
TELL MEEEEE WHATS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT ABOUT YOU??
Did you fight hitler ?
Lee was a brilliant Commander he was also gifted with Brilliant lieutenants Longstreet,Jackson, Gordon,2 hills,Stuart, and many more!
Robert E Lee Was Aridian
In todays world of Government take over I think the spirit of Robert E Lee is needed in every American. Do as much as you can with as little you have.
spirit of a loser and a traitor
I feel sad when I hear people denigrate Lee :( . What a great man.
One of histories greatest monsters, a traitor to the nation
He made Bendict Arnold look good by killing tens of thousands TRUE Americans.
Exactly, Robert e Lee was a great leader , this country today is horrible , nothing but looting and burning ; no patriotism what so ever .
@@teddyhaynes9876 if you don’t like it you can move to Brazil with the rest of the confederado traitors.
Epitome of a officer and gentleman.
Yes, a great leader of the slavers army.
Hiltler is tough compitition.
He looks like tony stark
Great video.
Is true the fact that General Lee was a relative of Lee Oswald?
Yeep. He even has little brother namr Bruce Lee
@@aps-c1766 🤣🤣🤣
It’s done so Harper Lee could’ve been famous anybody with a lady name could’ve been famous and say yes you were good with five people. Stead of Robert E Lee high school they should’ve called my high school Harper Lee high school that would’ve made a huge difference
General Ulysses S. Grant
There was no Robert E Lee
He was born January 9 not the 19
Steady created names and events that never happened that caused chaos
It was on April 9, 1965, that Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War. Find out what made the Confederate general concede defeat by watching his Mini Bio!
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BIO It was on January 19 1807 Robert E Lee was born to Harry horse Lee a major general in the American Revolution find out what makes this confederate general so great by watching this Mini Bio!!!!!!! #SALUTE
Robert E Lee was a badass
Biography 1965? What lmao
woa my name is robert lee
You wish
Where is the Fonz high school
Robert E. (Or Edward) Lee is my long lost uncle, it is nice to see him on here (not that I wanted slavery)!
Do you want people to be like the society that’s around them
why was his statue removed from the capitol on 2020?
Because he was a traitor who fought against the union.
@@Jhon12359 Abraham Lincoln and the union were racist.
Because it was the right thing to do. Put it in a museum somewhere.
@@Anthony-945 Lee was more racist and so were the confederates
@@Tylerboyd2001 I don't see how Lee is more racist than the average american in the 1860s
Maybe: high school Brady Bunch high school
But I'm very amazed and proud of him due to his amazing intellect and great values
Value of human life? That humans should be slaves because being free on their own continent was somehow a worse fate? Are you kidding me? Not perhaps a traitor, but a traitor on every sense of the word. His goal was to kill President Lincoln. Seriously? Some kind of hero? How about a statue of John Wilkes Booth?
@@renenowicki I didn't know about him wanting to kill Lincoln but I mean about his honesty and such
@@renenowicki he never wanted to kill Lincoln, but Lincoln supported slavery
@@user-vn7qg8jy7e Lee never wanted to kill Lincoln
@@Anthony-945 Lincoln did not support slavery 😂
very helpful for book reports
He would General E Lee'd by example.
I am realated to him
Yeah, just like the other 100 people here claiming this. So lets say you are. What have you done with your life? Or do you just go around collecting accolades for something some ancestor of yours did 150 years ago?
He's a pistol pumping steel going calvery
(I´m not proud of this due to me hating slavery) But I´m related to Lee
We can’t view history through the lens of today and even if we did, lee saw slavery as an evil. From his POV he was fighting a president who took up arms to invade his own country.
Don’t feel shame for being related to him, that is just a fact about you but it doesn’t define you. If you fear being judged on association, just know that those people judging you, are making assumptions about your character without even trying to understand who you are or what your like.
Slavery built the Egyptian, Roman, Greek, and Persian empires. None of those countries reconciled their differences which led to their fall. We need to look forward and just treat each other with respect.
“The United States was built on the backs of slaves”
*the rest of the world. 👀
@@whoisamp620 Thanks
I'm i'm elated to Robert E. Lee
Shame Sherman seemingly didn't teach everybody the lesson the first time. So everybody chime in:
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
“As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on.”
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on!
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat:
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on!
cringe
Bless Dixie and Bonnie blue
Could’ve had a whole bunch of WWJ de high schools
Happy birthday General. I would have fought with you.
My father is related to Robert e lee. So does that make me related to him?
@@Endgame707 what’s that Supposed to mean
Oh
@@Endgame707 but what’s That gotta do with anything
Oh 😂
So robbery lanes play lion King of a trace back soon
He was not defending slavery, he was defending his homeland so that he joined the confederate bc he thought the union invaded his state.
Lee was not fighting for slavery, as he told his government to free and arm the slaves. Lee was happy that slavery ended in 1865.
His defending his slaves😂
He owned other human beings the devil
He was good, but not at the level of napoleon or Alexander, just by looking at their enemies
ROBERT E LEE IS A LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤️🌞🙏
He's one of histories greatest monsters, a traitor to the nation
@@belegl.7721 One must study for the truth to be revealed unto them.
@@WeAreUnity. We'll, you spouting fascist propaganda in a TH-cam comment section is not gonna further that endevour!
@@belegl.7721 why do you people like you use the word “fascist” recklessly?
@@amarakanneh6628 I assure you I do not.
a very good man
A racist?? Oh okay.
@@nyamariee4877 He was anti slavery.......
One of histories greatest monsters
Django riding back to get his hands on Lee
Curently 666 likes for this video, wow
Alexander the Great > Robert E. Lee. By far.
Same for Hannibal and Napoleon. Though lee is probably the greatest general to come out of the US
was he related to bruce lee?
judas iscariot yes I believe they were brothers
No but they both had equal fighting ability.
As a verified Asian I can say yes, they were related. They enjoyed freaking people out in public with their identical faces
When you live a life pleasing to God and all mankind your legacy will honor you after the grave. When you refuse too honor God and all mankind eventually your legacy will dishonor you before and after the grave.
If you're referencing Robert E. Lee, he was more of an abolitionist than Lincoln or Grant. The politics of the Union and Confederacy was beyond slavery, it was to prevent secession. Granted at the time people were ignorant, the way we view history today is more complicated than it seems.
Why is there a somalia flag 🇸🇴 in 3:23 ? 😂
Bonnie blue confederate flag
@@steveboyd7684 so the one we know today what is that then ?
More people need to watch this. Get there facts right.
I’m kind to Roberty lee I did a dna test
very biased perspective. give a truthful perspective
I love Robert E. Lee.
Ofc you’re a Trump supporter 😂
So i just got blinded by union guys
Beautiful statues...can't erase history tho...
Oh no, they tore down George III’s statue! How will we _ever_ learn about the American Revolution??
Statues are not how we record the past, they're how we sanctify people, and we should not sanctify racist traitors.
He is an American hero...I will always respect his name
Lol no
@@henrymudgett2646 Umm yes? this guy was a brilliant general the only problems he had was he loved his homestate to much which unfortunately was on the confederates side
He's quite literally the opposite of an American hero, he was a traitor
@@belegl.7721 to who?
@@Anthony-945 That's not a serious question, right? You're a troll?
Antebellum
God bless Robert Lee.
no
Too bad he got it wrong in Gettysburg.
He was right to fight for the Confederate. Such a King.
(Don´t believe me if you don´t want to.)
Greatest American ever
Glad he’s rotting💕
So did he hated slavery?
kolas ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ His family had slaves and without them they would have lost everything. While he didn’t like slavery, he wasn’t above turning a blind eye to it if it meant helping his family.
@@fumarc4501 Can you really "turn a blind eye" to somthing that was considered the norm? I mean they had no frame of refrence for what their world would be like without slavery.
@@glennmartin802 the average wealthy white family would most likely have slaves
@Appen Zeller in America even if you are cheap labor you have more Freedom than anyone in the world and infinite more freedom than slaves. There are major differences and your point sounds like Socialist class warfare to me. Lets see today the "cheap labor" has Freedom of Speech, Assembly, Right To Bear Arms, Due Process Judicial Rights, Right of Free Movement (to move, relocate), Private Property Rights, Civil Liberties Protected against Discrimination in major areas like Housing, Lodging, Education, Employment, Government Bureacracy etc. They have voting rights in local, state and federal politics. They have right to serve in any level of elected government, judicial or bureaucratic government as well same for military. They have rights against Personal Injury and against Corporal Punishment. You could go on and on for days there is so much different. Today a "cheap labor" if smart can still buy a house, and do so with legal recourse to discrimination. They can buy a gun to protect themselves and if someone tries to inflict bodily harm on them they can protect themselves with deadly force if necessary. If cheated at work or in private dealings they can sue in court of law. If they want to move to a new place they can drive anywhere they want in the nation without anyone stopping them or hunting them to bring them back to keep working at the local farm or factory.
Lee freed two sets of slaves in his lifetime. He could have kept them, but he fried them in accordance to his father in law's will. He did keep them for several years to pay off debts. Lee also told the Confederate government to free arm the slaves. No 19th century whites were saints, but Lee was a Christian who wanted a better world for all.
Robert E. Lee was a great American General but my no means was he equivalent to the likes Napoleon, Hanabal!
I was thinking the same thing. I have nothing but respect for Robert E Lee but to say he did more with less.... Alexander the Great was fighting one of the largest empires in the world and sustain a decade long campaign. Part of being a general isn't just being a great strategist. A huge part is being a great logistician which is where the south completely failed at. Piketts charge was probably the decision that ended any chance of victory.
That being said Lee was a smart and honorable guy..
timmy D Yes, Alexander the great is hard to top when it comes to generals indeed. 💪👍
Fernando Palomo The Lost Cause loves to use Lee for a larger than life figure. Even when he felt shame for the ideals of the confederacy and didn’t want it on his grave.
timmy D= To be fair, both Alexander the Great and Napoleon were monarchs, while Lee was just a General, so he didn't have as much power as those two to influence logistics.
He was and still is a great man.
Educate yourself
@@nyamariee4877 what ever !!!!!!!!!!!
He's one of histories greatest monsters, a traitor to the nation
Robert is my cousin 😂
ive heard hes my great great grandfather