Slavery in Virginia
July 4th, 2020
What are we fighting for?
Robert E. Lee was not fighting the Civil War to protect and perpetuate slavery…he had emancipated the few slaves he had inherited from his mother many years before the war. So, why was he fighting? Why had Virginia voted for secession? Since 1860, three-fourths of all Virginians owned no slaves. What were Virginians fighting for?