Thread: R. E. Lee and Beaten Slaves

Quote: Originally Posted by K Hale Cash, you are one dedicated dude. Kudos! (tips cap) Thank you, ma'am. I can be a bit singleminded and dogged in pursuit of something. Regards, Cash

Cash, you are one dedicated dude. Kudos! __________________

Quote: Originally Posted by ole Wasn't it Col. Plum in the Library with a candlestick? One rainy afternoon, I helped my then seven or eight year old daughter and her friends set up the Clue board, an overly long task for little hands. In deference to my age, not wisdom, I was allowed to go first and gave almost the same answer as above. Turns out it was correct and the world's shortest Clue game was over, to tears, shouts of...

Quote: Originally Posted by cash I took a trip to the Carroll County Historical Society today. The June 2, 1859 issue of the _Carroll County Democrat_ has a story on page 2 that says: "Four negroes, two men and two women, were arrested near Westminster and committed to jail. They say they are from Fairfax County Va., owned by Robert Lee, Esq." This newspaper came out on a weekly basis, so the capture could have been anywhere...

I'll not cease to be impressed with the scholarship available on this board. Just when I think I have a handle on understanding and interpreting an historical situation, another letter or record is produced. Truly amazing! Thanks guys. (Gals too, but I'm too old to not consider the gals as part of the guys.) Ole And special thanks for maintaining civility.

Quote: Originally Posted by K Hale Right, but it's NOT "their kid," to continue that metaphor. Not until Mary buys him. If Mary thinks the Lees' neighbor mistreats his dogs, and she tells Lee that she wants to buy the dogs, Lee might well say, "They aren't our dogs, we have enough dogs of our own to deal with [whatever reasoning he might come up with], and it's none of our business." So,...

[quote=Pogster;153534] Quote: Originally Posted by K Hale So at what point did Lee stop paying U.S. taxes? quote] Were there Federal property taxes on slaves? No, there was not. Will Posey gives further information concerning federal taxes and when they were implemented in his post #331 above. Lee may have had to pay a State tax or such, but no federal one before 1861, and I doubt there would be a federal tax on slaves. Might be wrong on that...

No he did not. I don't think that Lee was really all that interested in the first place.

Tax code can be nuts. Suppoae you are a resident of Ohio and your next door neighbor offers to store your canoe in his barn over the winter. You are living in Texas. He carries it over the fence and state line into his Indiana barn. After 61 days you owe Indiana property tax on the canoe. That's how it is, but you have to dig a little to find it. How on earth you (collectively) expect to grasp the subtleties of 19th century tax code...

"The first United States income tax was imposed in July 1861, at 3% of all incomes over 800 dollars in order to help pay for the war effort in the American Civil War. This tax was repealed and replaced by another income tax in 1862. " Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax#United_States