"Negroes belonging to our citizens are not considered subjects of exchange and were not included in my proposition."
— Robert E. Lee

January 1, 1970

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To Ulysses S. Grant on why black U.S. soldiers were not be repatriated by the Confederacy, as quoted in Liberty, Equality, Power: Enhanced Concise Edition (2009), California: Cengage Learning, p. 433