Lee是个完全的种族主义者，这是历史。自由不是建立在奴役别人基础上的。在投降以后，Lee依然竭力反对给黑人投票权！

 Lee supported a system of free public schools for blacks, but forthrightly opposed allowing blacks to vote. "My own opinion is that, at this time, they [black Southerners] cannot vote intelligently, and that giving them the [vote] would lead to a great deal of demagogism, and lead to embarrassments in various ways," Lee stated