AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
Robert E Lee: Life & Legacy
American History Hit
Lee's View on Enslavement
Robert E. Lee famously said that slavery was an evil institution, but it's also important to say that he famously also said that it was a necessary institution. He prayed for a day that God would end slavery, but he also essentially excused himself from responsibility for bringing that day about. What he essentially wanted was to have as little to do with the institution as possible. But what most entangles in the institution is the will that his father-in-law leaves in 1857.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode